we're going to need to hear from the president, you know, what was the explanation he got from secretary austin, is he satisfied with that. because i do want to circle back to two points. one, secretary austin's doing a great job as secretary of defense. number two, this is an enormously important time in our country. and as far as the resignation talk is concerned, we also have to factor in that the republicans are trying to gum up whatever the president does. and we probably wouldn't be able to appoint a new secretary of defense. all of those things need to be factored in here. but that's a conversation the president and the secretary need to have and the president needs to be confident in his secretary of defense. >> a sobering conversation. congressman adam smith, thank you for joining tonight. >> thank you, kaitlan. appreciate the chance. >> and we are following some breaking news here on "the source." sad news for the trump family as we have now learned that former first lady melania trump's mother, amalia kanavs, has died. mrs. trump has confirmed the news on social media, saying that her mother was a strong woman who always carried herself