so fully this is this seems clearly to be a kick out the door for jim matheson to tell us more about the man who will replace him the acting defense secretary will his use be more aligned with the president's . well one presumes that that will be the case this is patrick shanahan he's a former senior vice president for the boeing corporation another example of somebody in the trumpet ministration who has worked for the industry before working for the government often a government agency that regulates that industry in this case from that buys from that industry so shanahan is somebody we don't know a lot about yet because madison is profile has loomed so large over that agency but the pentagon is apparently satisfied with the move just minutes ago putting out a statement saying the secretary of defense serves at the pleasure of the president the department remains focused on national security meaning in other words that the department will go on doing business as usual and in just the last few minutes since i sat down here the president has tweeted yet again pointing out that he just

another key cabinet member that he once stood shoulder to shoulder with now defense secretary jim matheson is stepping down you know it's been comes after the president's abrupt decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria also coming up planes are flying again at britain's second biggest airport but authorities still haven't tracked down the drones that forced london gatwick to ground its flights causing holiday travel chaos. and threatened for their faith christians in pakistan prepare for christmas but they're increasingly the target of deadly attacks we find out how one family has suffered but sorbonne says. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.s. defense secretary jim mattis has resigned over president donald trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria the four star marine general will leave in february after holding the job since trump took office reports indicate that not just decided to go after a last ditch attempt to persuade the president to reverse his decision on syria. u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has widely been viewed as a stabilizing force both

allies react with shock to the latest resignation from the trumpet ministration defense secretary jim matheson quits in protest over trump's a corrupt pullout from syria he says it sends the wrong message to america's friends and embolden its focus also coming up germany marks the end of an era as a closes its last underground coal mine to move in miners in our german industry from deep below the earth. and in the bundesliga dortmund and gladbach kick off the last match date ahead of the christmas break. last. dortmund fans clearly already in a festive mood fifty thousand supporters joined the sing along at the stadium will look ahead to tonight's top of the table clay. i'm calling aspen welcome to the show u.s. allies including germany have appealed for clarity over washington's foreign policy this comes after defense secretary jim mattis resigned in protest of president trump's decision to withdraw american forces from syria that move. happened without consultation from the pentagon or u.s. allies now the search is on for a successor to matt is widely regarded as the last check on the presid

defense secretary jim matheson has quit in protest over president trump's decision to redress all u.s. troops from syria the four star marine general will leave in february after holding the job since trump took office reports indicate that mattis decided to go after a last ditch attempt to talk the president around failed. u.s. secretary of defense james mattis has widely been viewed as a stabilizing force both within the unpredictable us government as well as internationally the four star marine general has been defense secretary since president donald trump took office but now he's on his way out the door the two reportedly clashed on several major policy issues trump surprise announcement to withdraw troops from syria appears to have taken their differences one step too far in his resignation letter mattis stressed the importance of the us maintaining strong partnerships my views on treating allies with respect and also being clear eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues. that is also

cabinet member they once stood shoulder to shoulder but now defense secretary jim matheson is standing down. the downswing comes after the president's decision to pull american troops out of syria also on the show. operations resume at britain's second biggest airport but authorities still have not tracked down the drones the force by the airport to ground its flights and cause christmas travel chaos. and under stress because of their fake christians in pakistan preparing for christmas but they're interesting like the target of deadly attacks we found found out how one family has suffered but survived. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us american defense secretary jim natus has resigned over president trump's decision to withdraw american troops from syria the four star marine general has been defense secretary since the president took office in his resignation letter said my views on treating allies with respect and also being clear eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues let

actually have the potential to change the course of the investigation that has been underway since jim matheson brutal killing today almost over the second. these pictures show that. let me start from here the turkish investigation teams have concluded that democracy democracy should do was brutally murdered then the body was chopped into pieces and but it remains were taken out of the council eight in some luggage is made by those saudi agents that it would seem those pictures and right after that we see those people arriving in the saudi consuls residence which is very close to the coast great good thing around it's three zero nine pm in the in the afternoon they are carrying these a if you like we just at these fast luggage is inside the consulate residence and when you look at the pictures you see the flags in meaning is it the black hole van that is trying to park in front of the council a residence then they. drive or make simple makes a maneuver and park fisk park still went inside a parking spot in the residence garden which also shows us that they are trying to take out the luggage is

allies react with shock to the latest resignations from the town administration of the secretary jim matheson puts a protest over trump's abrupt pullout from syria he says it sends the wrong message to america's friends and emboldens its folks it's also coming up. next purchase orders in barcelona a scuffle with police that says space cabinet meets in the city in an effort to reduce tensions over catalonia is independence movement. also the rising star of ugandan politics says he's facing fresh police pot persecution musician turned opposition lawmaker bobby one says police are canceling his concerts this act after he was arrested and allegedly tortured back in august plus germany marks the end of an era as it closes its last underground coal mine we need in mine or yours for you coward to german industry from deep below the earth and indifferent to think don't threaten to end up putting off the last match stay ahead of the christians christmas break the barca fans are already at a festive roast fifty thousand supporters already sing along at the unstable get world take over. tonight's top of

administration the first secretary jim matheson quits in protest over chimes of rep pullout from syria he says it sends the wrong message to america's friends and emboldens its focus also coming out protesters in barcelona scuffling with police that spain's cabinet meets in the city in an effort to reduce tensions over catalonia is independence movement. and germany marc.

loses another key cabinet member they want stood shoulder to shoulder but now defense secretary jim matheson is stepping down and you know it's meant coming after the president's abrupt decision to pull american troops out of syria also on the show. christmas travel chaos in.

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react with shock to the latest resignations from the trump administration the first secretary jim matheson quits in protest over trump's of brought pullout from syria he says it sends the wrong message to america's friends and borden's its supposed also coming out protesters in barcelona scuffling with police that spain's cabinet meets in the city in an effort to reduce tensions over catalonia as independence movement. and germany marches and use of an arrow as it closes its last underground coal mine we meet the miners who howard german industry from deep below the earth. thank you so much for joining us at this hour u.s. allies including germany have appealed for clarity over washington's foreign policy all this comes after defense secretary jim mattis resigned in protest as at present donald trump's decision to were drawn american forces from syria that move was undertaken with no consultation with the pentagon or u.s. allies now the search is on for a successor to matt is widely regarded as the last check on the american presidents unilateralist impulses. u.s. secretary of defense jame

probably a lot of very tough questioning about whoever the president decides to nominate to replace jim matheson over at the pentagon when you consider that it's not an easy thing one to just pull forces out of a zone you're going to want someone to be able to explain to congress how this can be done while still protecting the u.s. as national security concerns thank you very much for the latest from washington on that story in jordan. meanwhile take is present as you type i don't who has been a strong critic of american policy in syria as welcome the announcement and in return has vowed to get rid of. santa harder has more. the turkish military will stay on alert along the border with syria but the planned to cross border offensive against what turkey considers terrorists east of the euphrates is now on hold the target was the syrian kurdish armed group the white peachey which controls four hundred kilometer stretch of territory along the border . president treasure of tayyip erdogan cited a common understanding with washington as the reason for the perspire and went sort of their criticism in

loses another key cabinet member they once stood shoulder to shoulder but doubt defense secretary jim matheson stepping down the announcement comes just after the president's abrupt decision to pull american troops out of syria also coming out. christmas travel chaos in britain at london's gatwick airport tens of thousands remain stranded for a third day due to a deliberate fly over by a drone and i was having a knock on effect on other british and european airports. and under stress because of their fate christians in pakistan prepare for christmas but they're increasingly the target of deadly attacks we'll find out how one family has suffered but survives. i'm dr thomas thanks so much for being with us the american defense secretary jim mattis has resigned over president trump's decision to withdraw american troops from syria the president used twitter to confirm that mattis would leave his post at the end of february. has said in his resignation letter that he was stepping down to make way for a defense secretary quote whose views are better a line with the president's reports indicate he r

loses another key cabinet member they once stood shoulder to shoulder but now defense secretary jim matheson is stepping down denouncement coming after the president's abrupt decision to pull all american troops out of syria also on the show. christmas travel chaos in britain at london's gatwick airport tens of thousands remain stranded for a third day due to deliberate drone flyovers something i'm not gonna fact on all their british and european airports. and under stress because of their faith christians in pakistan prepare for christmas but they're increasingly the target of deadly attacks we find out how one family has suffered but survives. bryan thomas thanks so much for being with us the american defense secretary jim mattis has resigned over president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria a four star marine general has been defense secretary since the president took office in his resignation letter matter said my views on treating allies with respect and also being clear eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four

military of mission creep in in syria that increasingly with special people like john bolton and jim matheson hates iran there was increasingly the risk of mission creep to try to stop in front. iran more and more in syria as the islamic state was vanquished and thirdly the decision was look if syria's a mess we're back to that old trump rhetoric we're wasting huge amounts of money in the middle east we get no benefit in return of other people want to fix it let them we're not going to we're not going to win we're going to waste we're going to go down that road any longer so that's the other directive that we have huge shock there in washington as as politicians begin to come to terms of the fact that perhaps now donald trump is off the leash he's doing what he said he would do which by the way does have a certain amount of public support that is there is fatigue in amongst the us population for these was seventeen years of war in the middle east sabotage speaking to us that live from washington d.c. thanks you have. tensions are once again running high in spain between boston and the central

the man who once stood beside the president is giving him the cold shoulder defense secretary jim matheson brain resigns in protest of president trump's decision to pull american troops from syria top democrats republicans and nato allies are concerned i'm carl aspen in berlin and this is the day. mad dog. quarter great guy he's going to be. i think that everybody in the country read his longer. thinking about him to resign now there are more of a secretary madison was one of the few symbols the few items of strength and stability in this it ministration they disagree on confidentially meaning they have a good relationship with somebody who was no games bad dog play still games write. everything that indicates stability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge. is leaving this administration. also coming up christians and pakistan living in fear of blasphemy laws targeting religious minorities now with christmas approaching bill a high profile court ruling give some families a gift of hope and then you go. home we always live in fear because of this we feel in

alexandria in virginia very good to have you with us on al-jazeera again so what do you make of jim matheson leaving his post earlier than expected what's behind this you think well i think you're curious number one resident who is not happy with our writers this resignation letter was march you know for the usual usually people leave they said we don't want to spend more money. than the other is that it would have made matters in georgia florida to take their troops out of syria now not to stand in line drawn probably was going to learn you know would be really you know carry out those orders so patrick shanahan is the incoming defense secretary in an acting position what can you tell us about him well his views you think be better aligned with those of truck. well he is a bowling executive never been in the military has no current policy experience and see that in the pentagon he's mainly you know trying to make sure to cut out waste and inefficiency and his men in charge of the budget so i don't there is no record of his foreign policy views so it seems to me that he would be very unlikel

loses another key cabinet member they once stood shoulder to shoulder but doubt defense secretary jim matheson stepping down the announcement comes just after the president's abrupt decision to pull american troops out of syria also coming out. christmas travel chaos in britain at london's gatwick airport tens of thousands remain stranded for a third day due to a deliberate fly over by a drone.

isis in syria my only reason for being there during the trump presidency well defense secretary jim matheson has advocated for u.s. soldiers to remain to ensure that i so there's not reemerge and several prominent republican senators have called the move a mistake in recent. days turkey's president type at the han has threatened the new offensive against kurdish forces the united states is supporting in the country's north and the u.s. has just announced it's approved the sale of three point five billion dollars of missiles to turkey well let's get more on this from patrick elaine who joins us in washington patty there seems to be surprised on just within the u.s. and within the u.s. government but really across the world to this why do you think that the president announced that now. well you know the timing is somewhat surprising especially look at domestic politics the senate just passed bipartisan legislation to reform the criminal justice system it was a rare legislative win for the president this happened late last night he could have spent today doing a kind of victory lap but instead

martin and our top stories president trump is losing another key cabinet member defense secretary jim matheson is stepping down after growing increasingly disillusioned with charles policies about just made the move after trouble started to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. flights have restarted at london's gatwick airport after repeated drone flyovers shut down operations for thirty six hours some. one hundred twenty thousand people have been delayed but now many of them will be able to fly out on one of the seven hundred departures scheduled for today. this is one of the first planes to land at gatwick since wednesday drone sightings paralyze the airport leaving thousands stranded. hungry tired and frustrated the chaos is taking its toll i have yet to have lunch breakfast dinner coffee anything else since yesterday and i say i go to the left home at three o'clock yesterday morning come hundred ounce asli and it's now. five o'clock in the morning here is twenty six hours so one feeling mr. tired and i just want to go. authorities are now confident that planes can fly safely britain has called

john bolton the national security adviser and mike pompei with the secretary of state now with jim matheson is stepping down you know the question is who's going to give the president here perhaps a perspective rooted in fact and history that that others have not so we'll have to wait and see but obviously i think a lot a lot of us in the foreign policy establishment are are nervous about what this means tell us more about where this nervous to nervousness stems from because we know that mattis was very much of the view that america's may just strength was not its military but its allies and its alliances when you think about the rivals to the u.s. who are emerging in the world where do your concerns lie now. well the really the question is you know we're do we go from here you know in the context of syria it is fair to say that perhaps you know the u.s. military has accomplished as much as a can in defeating the islamic state caliphate there is still a readout along the iraq border but but you know this to this decision appears to be based on impulse and not strategy you know if we were yo

senate last week as you noted there was a briefing by the defense secretary jim matheson mike pompei all the secretary of state to members of the senate this was a closed door briefing and in that they said there was no smoking gun linking the crown prince of saudi arabia muhammad bin so mom to that killing of jamal khashoggi that is despite the fact that we have reports that the cia has has said with a high degree of confidence that they are convinced that that murder was ordered by the crown prince so what we have here is that a number of members of the senate were upset with not being able to talk to gina haskell unlike the secretary of state and the defense secretary she actually did travel to turkey she heard the tapes the turkish government had to offer of that killing and so she will have a lot more information after all intelligence is her business and vance why members of the senate wanted to talk to her after they heard from the defense secretary and the secretary of state and several people including a republican jeff flake said that they were unconvinced they found it and

jim mattis quitting. he did so a day after the american president overruled him by ordering the withdrawal of u.s. troops. theim matheson is seen as one of theed as adults. they say jim mattis was right. the decision to leave syria seems to be something not thought through and this is why mattis has resigned. in his letter, he did not specify that as the reason. they had been clashing over policy for a couple of years. the new york times is saying yes, the kurdish forces are the losers. vladimir putin is the winner here. another beneficiary is iran. the quote is that his assertion that the war against the islamic state group is over is absurd. there is a comment piece in the washington post, which has been published in the chicago tribune. enough is enough, we need to go into bipartisanship mode and find ways of dealing with trump. be broughtn should to testify and congress to explain, is he fit or not to deal with security issues. secondly, congress should assert its authority to wage war and denied trump the abilityty to launch unilateral strikes. thirdly, if there is a movement an impeachment motion, republicans must

the funeral and mike it still in spite of all the evidence that has emerged defense secretary jim matheson the u.s. is still refusing to make a direct connection between the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sunline and the killing of of jamal khashoggi. here's a statement is from the defense secretary on his way to canada for meetings there that he still needs to see more evidence he says he believes that the evidence will emerge but he still needs to see more now this in a way is a response to the outrage of some senators in the wake of the cia briefing here on the hill all eight senior senators who were present at that meeting emerged to insist that there was no doubt in their minds that the crown prince was responsible directly for the murder of jamal khashoggi now there was outrage at the fact that both the defense secretary and the secretary of state had just a week ago said there is no different evidence of that the murder was linked to the crown prince the lawmakers heard the same intelligence briefing that the defense secretary and the secretary of state heard and there's a degree o

the man who once stood beside the president is giving him the cold shoulder defense secretary jim matheson brain resigns in protest of president trump's decision to pull american troops from syria top democrats republicans and nato allies are concerned i'm karl nason in berlin and this is the day. warner. general. porter great guy he's going to be. i think that everybody in the control really his slaughter of one hundred nations about him to resign now there are more of a secretary madison was one of the few symbols a few items of strength and stability in this it ministration they disagree on that doesn't mean you can have a good relationship with somebody who was no games.