mcmaster or jim mattis.this president has a hard time accepting advice from people that are are more knowledgeable and understand the issues. and are respected in the outside world. i think it's detracts from him and creates this kind of tension. that always results when there's somebody who is very good in the cabinet who happens to be doing his or her job. the president just doesn't like it. >> gloria and secretary, thank you. appreciate it. >> sure. >> let's check in with chris. >> how you doing, anderson? >> i'm all right. >> better than i deserve. what is behind the shift in the saudi story. if according to cnn sources they make the shift. we have senator ben sass. republican from nebraska here. is the senate really willing to move if the president doesn't? it's a weighty question. we're doing na and we have the next step in the investigation of the reality of the crisis on the border. the kids are in more trouble than i knew. >> tomorrow will be three weeks until the midterm elections. both sides have

>> guest: we don't ask secretary mattis political questions basically. but his response it was this was your question dhs, , and because they asked him to fulfill this request, he did. >> host: why not ask him some of those political questions? >> guest: the military is apolitical. the quickest way to shut down the conversation try to get secretary mattis or any of the predecessors to wait into a political debate. >> host: what will they do? >> guest: he will just shut and basically. you want to engage, you want to get facts, you want to ask him what with these troops be doing. whether the armed? what cannot be armed? that's the question that is bothered people. what if on military personnel, the big trucks and the armored vests intimidating mothers, children, fathers who are trying to escape violence. right now to predominant amount of troops that will be there are not going to be armed. some of them may be for self-defense but those are the things we try to unravel with the secretary. th larger to engage in a political debate. >> host:ag jerry is in te

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 -- >>

and mattis understands that.think he's also served well in the two years, so he may certainly be considering the next stage of his life after serving two years for the president. but i can understand it, as well. >> sure, but he's also been referred to as critics by one of the adults in the room and a mattisless administration might terrify some people. and the whole comment, "he's sort of a democrat," where do you think trump's getting that one from? >> that one floored me when he did say that. i think that was appealing to his base. and many people, both supporters and critics of president trump know that general mattis has been one of the key adults in the room and he's loved by both sides of the aisle. that's part of his aura as being a former military guy. he's bipartisan and understands civilian control of the military. so i think, perhaps, the comment by the president, saying he's sort of a democrat, is softening the blow that, hey, he's a guy on the other side, so it won't matter if we get rid of him. and

the doubts about mattis now.ean he's been very critical of many of his generals. >> you know, one thing that seems to be clear about this presid is that he has a proble with people that are perhap more knowledgeable and more admired than he is. and so we've seen a list of those people leaving the admini whethe it's gary cohn, whether it's nikki haley, whether it's h.r. mcmaster or whether it may be jim mattis. the reality is this president has a hard time accepting advice from people that are are more n knowle and understand these sprekted the outside world. for that reason, it creates this kind of tension that always result when there is somebody who is very good in the cabinet who happens to be doing his or her job. the president just doesn't like it. >> secretary panetta, thank you. apprec it. >> sure. >> thank you. >>> i want to chec chris and see what he is working on. >> how you doing there, anders >> i'm all right. how you are? >> better than i deserve. >> there were weighty questions taken on. what is beh

mattis: space has become competitive. we watch when the chinese shot their satellite out of the air, blew it to pieces. we have watched other nations putting capabilities into space. i would just tell you it is two-pronged. it is defend, we have to defend what we have in outer space, use for navigation, communication, peaceful purposes, commerce, banking, and military intelligence, surveillance satellites will have to put satellites up. they can be defended or can be resilient against attack, resistant to attack or replaced swiftly, that sort of thing. we will have to defend what we have. also we have to be prepared to use offensive weapons in space should someone decide to militarize it and go on the offensive. we cannot simply play defense. no sport in the world, competitive sport in the world can just lay defense and win. this is not an area we want to be second-place in. make her thatould first we are going to need some it conceptould call of how we are going to conduct ourselves in space, all of us, internationally.

, called him mad dog mattis. they told president trump, he's a globalist, he believes in global alliances. he's not some mad dog person. he doesn't even like the nickname, they told president. he said no, no, he's mad dog mattis, and he's going to be my secretary of defense. mdz that exchange about world war iii, that comes from the bob woodward book "fear," where he said the south korean alliance matters with the u.s. to prevent a major conflict with north korea. >> a.b., mattis enroute to vietnam, was asked by reporters about his party affiliation. says she's never registered with any party. he's been called the human guard rail for this administration. what if something happens to mattis, what if the president makes a change? i wonder if jeff flake will object or complain about that? >> i think the president made it very clear as leslie was sort of provoking him about the woodward reporting, that he's not pleased, and that he's done with general mattis. and everyone in washington is talking about the fact that

they're taking secretary mattis at his word.een this pattern time and again with former secretary of state rex tillerson, with former national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, with the attorney general, jeff sessions. the president beginning to engage in a pattern of not so unequivocal endorsement, shall we say, of certain cabinet members. it got a lot of attention when out of what appears to be the clear blue, the president said maybe mattis will leave. now the president calling mattis on the airplane on his way out to asia, where that sound came from. the secretary is traveling there. the secretary saying he is staying put. that no, he's not a republican or a democrat, he's never registered for a political party. so for now, all things are staying put. but keep watching because in the trump administration, the one thing that's consistent is everything changes. >> yeah, there is inconsistency, right? barbara, also, since you're with us, you have fascinating new reporting out about just how consequential the president's decision

frankly, i like general mattis. i i think i know more about it than he does. >> president trump mocked dr. christine blasey ford and he declared it doesn't matter whether dr. ford was telling the truth. >> you mimicked her. >> hi not made that speech, we would not have won. >> why did you have to make fun of her. >> i didn't really make fun of her. >> do you think you treated her with -- >> i think so, i did. >> but you seemed to be saying she lied. >> you know what, i'm not going to get into it because we won. it doesn't matter. we won. >> and the most revealing moment came at this moment about the trump administration family separation policy. >> i'm just telling you treated me much differently on the subject. >> i disagree but i don't want to have that fight with you. i want to have another fight with you. >> leslie, it's okay. because i'm president and you're not. >> turns out when he was pressed on policy issues during a "the times" magazine interview he said the same thing to that reporter. i can't be doing th

overnight, mattis said this. >> i'm on his team.ut 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 owner of the seattle soccer franchise the timbers. >> to think of the idea every

on the plane overnight, mattis said this. >> i'm on his team. we have never talked about me leaving. you can see right here we're on our way. we just continue doing our job. >> mattis later telling reporters he and the president spoke saying they are 100% with each other. cnn reported in june on their differences between trump and mattis leading to friction at the pentagon. >>> could we witness a preview of 2020 election? president trump and elizabeth warren duking it out over the dna test. she has 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 president promised to donate $1 million to charity if senator warren took a dna test to show she is quote an indian. he claims that offer was contingent on winning that nomination. she fired back. we all know why donald trump makes creepy threats about me. he is scared. he is doing what he always does. call us names and shrink us

frankly, i like general mattis. i think i know more about it than he does, and i know more about it from the standpoint of fairness, that i can tell you. >> is he going to leave? >> well, i don't know. he hasn't told me. i have a very good relationship with him. i think he's sort of a democrat, if you want to know the truth. but general mattis is a good guy, we got along very well. he may leave. at some point, everybody leaves. >> just two facts for the record before you leave. general mattis joined the marine corps in 1969 and is a former commander of allied forces under the nato umbrella. so what did you make of that exchange? >> it's so revealing, brian. looking back two years ago, talking to people in the trump transition, they said that president-elect trump was obsessed with mattis, called him mad dogmati mattis. they told president trump, he's a dwloeglobalist, he believes i global alliances. he's not some mad dog person. he doesn't even like the nickname, they told president. he said no, no, he's mad dog mat

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

what would it take for jim mattis to leave? can tell you, everyone who knows him will tell you he will not quit. he is here to serve the troops. he feels very passionately on that particular point. he is not going to walk away. he would make the administration fire him. that's the consensus around here. that may be a very tough point for mr. trump to undertake because after two years of saying that mattis is the best, how do you turn around and fire the defense secretary that you claim has been the best one ever? >> and he suggests that he knows more. the president knows more about nato, for example, than the sufficiency secretary. a-star retired general knows about nato who served with nato commanders. >> right. perhaps not. i think there might be a number of people that disagree with the president of the united states. the president keeps making the point that he has been responsible for other countries paying up, if you will, to what they owe nato. that's not accurate. countries are required under nato. they are strongly sug

but general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave.everybody leaves. people heavleave. that's washington. >> i want to get your reaction to that, what the president had to say about defense secretary jim mattis. >> i think mattis has been staying in the job to try to be the adult in the room and trump does not like that. and there are other potential candidates for the job. mattis may feel like after a couple of years of doing it that he's kind of tired of babysitting trump as bob corker once said of staff in the white house. mattis, i think, is on a tricky time horizon in that he only might have a few more months left. but he hasn't been subject to the constant attacks like joseph sessions has. so there's that. >> you heard the back and forth there between leslie stall and the president. what's the read been on the way the president has talked about the leader of north korea? >> i think everyone in washington has been confused about why trump has said that he loves this guy given that every senator and every congressman detest him, an

mattis.he does. i know it better from the standpoint of fairness. >> i'll try it one more time. >> the answer is this. i'll always be there with nato but they have to pay their way. >> this is a guy, john meacham, who thought during the campaign nuclear triad was a five hour energy drink and he says he knows more about foreign policy than general mattis. you can talk about that. you can talk about so much there. the biggest concern is that he really does have a complete ignorance of nato, the eu. that both of those institutions were thought of, dreamed of, developed, implemented in large part by americans and american presidents for the best interests of the united states of america and it's worked. >> we're going on 75 years or, i guess, more like 70 years dating back to this most recent presidential election where this was the infrastructure of an uneasy but ultimately successful peace. we avoided nuclear armageddon, not the least because of these institutions that came out of democratic ad

frankly, i like general mattis.oes, and i know more about it from the standpoint of fairness. that i can tell you. >> he knows more about it? >> i think if anything drives mattis out, it will be that. the idea the president is overruling him, thinks he knows better even though mattis as a long history and has been studying these things for decades. at the end he said i'm president, you're not. if he takes that attitude to secretary mattis, he may hit the exits. >> good to clear that up. remember, he's just doing his job. okay. thank you for joining us "inside politics today". subscribe to our podcast. we have a fun time there. thank you for joining us. wolf starts right now. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington. thank you for joining us. we begin with a very high stakes mystery of the missing journalist. starting to unravel. we're now learning of a stunning shift from saudi arabia. sources telling cnn, the country is now willing to admit that the washington post contributor jamal khashoggi was k

general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave.e point, everybody leaves. people leave. that's washington. >> cnn pentagon correspondent start with more. people do leave their post. is there any word this morning that mattis is close to leaving? >> not right now. the president goes from mad dog mattis, very boisterous support for the secretary to maybe he's a democrat. no evidence of secretary mattis's partisan leanings, if any, in any direction. people are noticing for the first time you did not see that unequivocal support from president trump for secretary mattis. you are getting chatter about is this going to turn out the same way it did for former secretary of state, rex tillerson and national security adviser hr mcmaster. you saw the run up of less than support for them from the president. is this the beginning of that for secretary mattis? nobody really knows. mattis right now traveling to asia this week as long expected. sticking with his program. people here say there is no signs right here that he's leaving, but the mid-t

my skills and experience are a strong compliment to those of secretary mattis. at the department, i serve as the chief operating officer. my job is to execute the national defense strategy. i'm product driven. i'm focussed on performance. i'm focussed on making change at scale. when i say i'm product driven, it means i'm focussed on the product, or in our case, on the war fighting capability we need to win. based on that capability, we derive process, structure, and resources. that's how i'm wired. when it comes to performance, the question is not are we getting better, it's are we good enough to win? we must win against our competitors. every day wake up and ask yourself what will it take to win? with that, i would like to offer my perspectives on a few topics today. our operating environment, the national defense strategy, the window of opportunity available to us, and the work we need to do to season, the nuts to crack, and the performance gaps to close. we live in an era of great power competition. that's a muscle we haven't used in awhile. we contrast our g

it wasn't criticism coming from jim mattis. jim mattis knows the president knows why nato exist and what it's done for the last 70 years. it's been indispensable, a political and military alliance to provide peace and security in the world. >> martha: he said that it was his area, there's a financial -- biko he changed it. >> martha: if general mattis decided to leave, would you be interested in that position, general? >> i'm... um, not thinking about becoming secretary of state. no one has spoke to me about doing anything like that. i'm here talking to martha mccollum and that's fine enough for me. >> martha: general, thank you very much. good to see you tonight as always. thank you, sir. >> good talking to you, martha. >> martha: coming up, ben shapiro on democrat's in the midterm and the fear in the party what they might go through what they went through in 2016, perhaps. again. ♪ ignition sequence starts. 10... 9... guidance is internal. 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... ♪ the full value oft wyour new car? you'd be better off t

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

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i think one of the question is whether mattis is next.e remaining people from the first sort of version of his cabinet. >> i'm going to ask about rod rosenstein and his place in there. might him or jeff sessions be in the line before any of these we're discussing might? >> i think we have hit a point, where you see this from republican senators on the hill, you see it from house republicans as well. there seemed to be a resignation to the fact after the mid terms he may finally move against jeff sessions. he's repeatedly publicly denigrated and derided, and kind of just called for him so sort of leave. one could say he's essentially tried to bully sessions out of his position. if we're taking bets, i think jeff sessions is probably at the top of the list. in terms of mattis, if he were to face individual treatment, individuals who i have spoken with who know him well said he wouldn't put up with that, would probably take his time and leave. we're approaching two years into the administration, so it wouldn't be abnormal for a secretary of

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

that is when he was asked about general mattis. >> what about general mattis? is he going to leave? >> i don't know he hasn't told me. i had lunch with him two days ago. i have a very good relationship with him. it could be that he is. i think he is 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 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 vis

and, as you said, that -- mattis has a big decision to make. as a military man, commander in chief has clearly expressed doubts about him, didn't stick by him, suggested he didn't care whether he stayed or not and mattis will have a serious decision to make about whether he believes he has completely lost the confidence of the president and whether he should stick around. it's that big of a deal. >> kimberly before you go i want your take on something that marco rubio said on "state of the union" when jake asked him about should mnuchin go to riyadh, he said no, but also the review. >> as far as arms sales i would not have said it the way the president said it. arm sales are important not because of the money but leverage in the future. those are things we can use to influence their behavior. i would not take cutting that off, off the table. >> if cutting off these arm sales or memorandums of intent at this point -- the sales haven't happened yet -- it's going to fall on congress and it's going to fall on sanctions and it's going to fall on con

mattis, is he going to leave? >> it could be he is. i think he's sort of a democrat, if you want to know the truth. he is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. at some point, everybody leaves. everybody. people leave. that's washington. >> a pentagon spokesman said secretary mattis is focused on doing his job. >> turning to one of the more heated moments of the interview, president trump defended his decision to attack brett kavanaugh's accuser. >> you mimicked professor blasey ford, you mimicked her. >> had i not made that speech we would not have won. i said she didn't seem to know anything. you're trying to destroy a life of a man who has been extraordinary. >> why did you have to make fun of her? >> i didn't really make fun. >> well, they were laughing. >> kavanaugh was confirmed in a bitter senate battle and denies the allegations from dr. ford. >> tensions flared on the topic of russia with president trump contending he has taken a hard line with vladamir putin. here's what he said when he was as

mattis. >> what about general mattis. is he going to leave? >> it could be he is. i think he's sort of a democrat, if you want to know the truth. general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. at some point, everybody leaves. people leave. that's washington. >> a pentagon spokesman said secretary mattis is focusing on his job. >> and focusing on brett kavanaugh's accuser. >> you mimicked professor ford. >> had i not made that speech we would have lost. she tried to destroy the life of a man who has been extraordinary. >> why did you have to make fun of her? >> i didn't. >> he denies the allegation from dr. ford. >>> president trump contending he's taken a hard line with vladamir putin. the president was pressed on the special counsel's investigation into election meddling. here's what he had to say when asked if he would pledge to not shut down the mueller probe. >> i don't pledge anything. i will tell you, i have no intention of doing that. i think it's a very unfair inv

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jim mattis was a colleague of yours. when somebody starts to lose their job, i think they're kind of a democrat. when he was asked about jim mattis, secretary of defense, he said, i don't know anything, he's kind of a democrat. that's a tell. is he a democrat? >> not that i've ever seen. i think this would be a staggering finding to anybody who spent time around him. look, jim mattis has been a stabilizing force for national security policy for this administration, presented a very reasoned point of view. i think a lot of people would be very nervous if jim mass tis departs this administration. that being said, it seems like the writing is on the wall with respect to some of the tells we see from the president. >> their relationship has been strained for some time. you can see jim mattis has been the level-headed cabinet member who put forward very traditional positions, but the president hasn't really been listening to him for months in terms of whether it's on iran or other issues. there's been tensions in the relation

mattis.when, say, the united states has troops in germany, that 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 aroun

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

about general mattis? is he going to leave? >> i don't know. he hasn't told me that. i have a good relationship with him. he's a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. at some point, everybody leaves. everybody. people leave. that's washington. >> c nrcnn white house correspondent. what does the president mean about he's sort of a democrat? >> hey, there. it's not clear what the president means. i specifically ask press secretary sarah sanders in an e-mail if the president was perhaps making light of disagreements that he might have had with his secretary of defense over u.s. foreign policy. as you know the president not really a big believer in multi-national organizations or the potential for allies to really reciprocate power. 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

.ecretary of defense mattis [applause] pres. trump: secretary of the navy richard spencer.plause] thank you.: chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunford. [applause] pres. trump: hi, joseph. general mark staff millie. [applause] pres. trump: commandant of the marine corps, general robert miller. [applause] pres. trump: commandant of the coast guard, admiral karl schulz. [applause] and sergeant major of the marine corps ronald green. ronald. [applause] pres. trump: as well as my chief ,f staff and a beloved marine he loves the marines, john kelly. john. [applause] pres. trump: and much more important, a great wife and a great mother -- karen, please stand up. [applause] pres. trump: great woman. great man, great woman. i just spoke to president mccrum. he is well. he sends his regards. recognize two very special retired marines. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [indiscernible] we are alsoump: truly thankful to have the veterans of beirut. this is an incredible group. i will ask you to stand. you courageously survived that terrible october day, and you have

about nato than mattis knows about nato.nd, you know what, mattis is probably a democrat in any case. >> i think he may actually believe he does know more about the alliance than secretary mattis. he doesn't. as a four-star general, secretary mattis was in charge of the transformation effort inside the alliance. he knows it very well. but i think if mattis was sitting here, he would tell you, wolf, he understands the president has larger equities. it's not his job to be smarter, but to support the president's agenda. i think that's where his head is. as for politics, i've known secretary mattis a long, long time. i don't think anybody can tell you which way he votes or how -- >> just very quickly, don't forget. donald trump has said before, publicly, i know more than the generals. so, i mean, to the general's point, he said it, because he believes it, doesn't mean it's true. >> he does believe it. thank you very much. >>> coming up, new concern about president trump's apparent willingness to believe what he's told by the sau

it's spun up as some kind of a rift between him and mattis and mattis is out the door. i caution against thinking that. that's about to happen, and even if it does, that it's some indication of ousting or not seeing on the same page on issues versus just being time. more plenty of folks who worked for mattis who thinks he's not going anywhere any time soon. >> thank you all. >>> mob mentality. as the president tries to paint democratic voters as an angry mob, i have a former dnc chair standing by to talk about her party's best defense and the big step that elizabeth warren might have taken toward 2020. plus trump on the stump. his strategy to rile up the base while avoiding swing voters during his midterm campaign swing. >>> and affirmative action on trial. how a case involving harvard could turn the college emissions process as we know it up side down. i saw my leg did not look right. i was just finishing a ride. i felt this awful pain in my chest. i had a pe blood clot in my lung. i was scared. i had a dvt blood clot. having one really puts you in danger of having ano

he was just trying to prove himself against mattis. you invoked mattis against me.eet about mattis. >> the phone call has taken to him behind the scenes. and tapes in the oval office, you are saying things like i think he's a democrat and we got it on 60 minutes. he was trying to broadcast and that people think he was trying to signal i can live without him. he's a democrat and that will be fine. >> a place where some advisers said was the full trump. this one particularly in the climate where you have the gender gap. especially in hurricane maria suburbs, revisiting the kavanaugh confirmation and when the period decided after a long period of time, to directly attack and question the credibility of professor blasey ford in public, he said too bad, we win. >> you mimicked professor blasey ford. you mimicked her? >> had i not made that speech, we would not have won. she didn't seem to know anything. i think she was treated with great respect. >> do you think you treated her with dignity? do you think you treated her with great respect? >> i think so, yeah. >> you see

officials such as pompei and mattis and that too is saudi and the necessary pressure. well yes but so far what the u.s. administration is doing it is weighing its options what we understand is that the cia director when she was in turkey last week she heard the audio recordings of the final moments of she's life the much talked about audio recording and what we understand is that she briefed the administration on what she has heard but so far the u.s. awaiting their options like you mentioned turkey's strategy you know providing leaks and information to the press putting saudi arabia into the corner we have to remember we could go they actually admitted that she died after repeatedly denying that he was in the consulate there was he was killed in the consulate what they need is to pressure the united states as well because they're going to need u.s. backing turkey has been very careful here because it doesn't want the relationship with saudi arabia to rupture it had a cordial relationship before this crisis and so it has been treading carefully trying to say that you k

. >> the president is doing "60 minutes" and something leaked out about jim mattis.at the hoover institute. the president has a tell of when somebody is about to lose their job. he says i think they're kind of a democrat. he once referred to rosenstein that way. he said i don't know anything, but he is kind of a democrat. well, boy, that's a tell. is he a democrat? >> not that i've ever seen. i mean, i think this would be a staggering finding to anybody who spent time around him. look. jim mattis has been a stabilizing force for national security policy during this administration. he's been someone who has presented a reasoned point of view. a lot of people would be very nervous if jim mattis were departing this administration. the writing is on the wall with some of the tells we're seeing with the president. >> their relationship has been strained for some time. jim mattis has been the level-headed cabinet member who has put forward traditional positions but the president hasn't been listening to him for months in terms of whether it's on iran or other issues. and s

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

he knows about nato, basically, than jim mattis. here is this. >> what about general mattis? is he going to leave? >> well, i don't know. he hasn't told me that. i have a very good relationship with him. i had lunch two days ago. it could be he is. i think he's a democrat, if you want to know the truth. but general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. at some point, everybody leaves. people leave. that's washington. >> clarissa, what does that mean? >> i think it means more confusion for the u.s.'s allies. nobody can get a straight story on who the people who operate the levers are. general mattis, calling into question the possible future of the general in his role will be rattling a lot of world leaders. at the same time, people have now come to expect this. they understand that there is this kind of phrone -- franetice in the white house and that it keeps rolling on, regardless of whether anyone is in the driver's seat. >> leaders around the world look at mattis as the rock. he is the guy they trust more th

a new hint that james mattis may be on his way out. here he is on "60 minutes" tonight. >> what about general mattis? is he going to leave? >> i don't know. he hasn't told me that. >> do you have him to? >> i have a very good relationship with him. it could be that he is. i think he's sort of a democrat if you want to know the truth. general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. at some point everybody leaves. >> sort of a good guy, but a democrat. we saw nikki haley announce her resignation. whatever happens in the midterms, there's going to be a wholesale change in the trump administration. >> absolutely. we're going to see changes in the trump cabinet. nikki haley was the earliest we have seen somebody get out and set their own tone for leaving. >> get out while the getting is good. >> and make it clear she's not jumping ship. she hijack his week which a lot of people in the west wing were not happy about. it had been a good week with brett kavanaugh. you're potentially going to see a change in the attorney gen

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

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

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

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