secretary that he was being pulled from office two months early, according to a senior administration official. walk us through what unfolded. what happened in the crucial hours? it s a good question. the president grew angry. mattis went to the white house on thursday of last week to resign. he handed trump that resignation letter. trump didn t think much of the letter but grew angry in the hours and days that followed as it was being covered. that mattis was being hailed as a hero and he was especially bothered by this narrative of mattis as the last adult in the room, trying to restrain the president from dangerous impulses and the president decided to lash out on a whim, you know what, mattis said he s going to leave on february 28th but i want him out sooner and decided to push him out by the
with at a later date. a lot to do in a very short period of time. melissa quinn, thank you. thank you. new report president trump considered pulling kneneil gor h gorsuch s nomination to the court. grew angry after the nominee was critical of attacks on judges. one source with knowledge of the situation said trump expressed concerns that gorsuch would not be loyal and was upset with what he called gorsuch s insufficient gratitude for the nomination. to calm the fears that the white house gave him a letter from gorsuch that thanked trump for the nomination and complimented his address to congress. had to ensure trump he was trying to make independence. pulling the nomination could anger supporters. now really how this sort of thing should work. two weeks ago, 35 democrats called on colleague al franken
and mexico and the nuclear deal partner, iran. there are reports of high civilian casualties in the yemen raid that killed a u.s. navy s.e.a.l. it was the first counterterrorism mission ordered by the new commander-in-chief. today we know much more about what went wrong. we re covering a lot this morning. of course, all the developments, it s very busy. let s begin with the newest diplomatic concerns. cnn s jeff zeleny at the white house with that. good morning, carol. secretary of state rex tillerson certainly is getting a full agenda here as he is now confronting with what president trump dealt with last week with world leaders, these courtesy calls turned confrontational. new tension between president trump and a major u.s. ally. sources say the president grew angry during a phone call with australia s prime minister last saturday, calling the australian refugee agreement a bad deal.
running from the gunfire. he is still alive. help now. get him help now. reporter: as word spread, the crowd grew angry. we ready for what? reporter: police and protesters faced off. bricks and battles flew. police fired tear gas and smoke bombs in return. some businesses were damaged. a journalist attacked and robbed. three police officers were injured, one hit in the face by a brick. it was the third of four shootings in ferguson. earlier sunday, police responded to a man who was shot in the arm. later, a minor incident, a man shot in the foot. more serious, two young men near the spot where michael brown died shot in the chest. their injuries reportedly not life-threatening. all this around a day of mostly
sharon jones, a student at the community college where he worked. initially, he misled sharon by telling her he was separated. it became serious very quickly. within three to four weeks. lewis proposed marriage to sharon while still living with his wife, diane. sharon s ex-boyfriend, roy fitzpatrick, learned about a relationship with lewis harry, grew angry, then mailed the threatening letters to lewis and his wife. these letters gave lewis what he believed to be the perfect alibi. he would kill his wife with cyanide, fin murder on roy fitzpatrick, then he would be free to marry sharon. he typed three more letters, even more incriminating than the originals. and mailed them to himself. but lewis used an envelope with