lots nor g lot welcome back. this morning washington and the rest of the world is reacting to the resignation of jim mattis. the new york times reporting that after he rejected the last attempt to talk him out of the desigts mattis handed him a resignation letter. it rebuked the way it dealt with adversaries. one core belief is that our strength as a nation is linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. similarly i believe we must be resolute and unambiguous wloz interests are increasingly intentioned with ours. lawmakers are reacting to what one official describes as a warning of alarm. the chairman of the foreign affairs committee writing now we have an unretrained trump.