friends, ben rhodes was the deputy national security adviser to president obama. mark jacobson, served as a senior adviser to secretary of defense ash carter. retired u.s. army general barry mccaffrey also joins us. and here in d.c. in the studio, bureau chief for the boston herald, kim atkins and alecia menendez. we have a couple days this week. your reaction to the resignation and what happens next. >> i think it puts us on very uncertain ground. it looks as if the u.s. government doesn't know what it's doing. mattis, a defense intellectual, absolutely idolized by the armed forces has been very respectful to the constitutional authority of the president. finally got push today far. i don't think it was syria. i think it was the lack of a coherent u.s. government national security policy. pentagon, state, cia, treasury,