Assert themselves. Well, and here we are. Guys, i dont even know where to begin. That is all we have for mtp daily tonight. In the midst of the Breaking News, the house is voting right now on the key vote that will apparently tell us more about whether there is a shut down coming and we have this National Security imploegsion. And our Breaking News continues with ari melber. I dont know if i dont know if Breaking News is enough to describe everything that is happening right now, but the Trump White House might be unraveling. I heard you say nightmare and unraveling. We have the language here, bry let you go, of general mattis say you have the right to have a Secretary Of Defense that whose views are better aligned with yours. Where do we go from here . And if you believe jeremy bash who said the president that secretary matt is was never going to resign and the president would have to fire him. So it is some form of resignation or protest or firing, but either way, major and one of the
president set it off with the firing or the departure of jim mattis. so highly regarded by everybody, that without him i think it is scary as to what might
experience and professional relationship with mr. mattis that he was fired? well, yeah, he would stay in his post until relieved, until he was told he had to go. if you would have spoken to him recently, you would have gotten exactly the same message. i think the same thing is true of general kelly as a matter of fact. these people would serve the country and not an individual and would leave only if they were told they have to leave and general mattis put the best face on it. i think you re losing a person with extremely forward-thinking vision, somebody who is focused on the defense of the republic and it is difficult to envision somebody as good as he replacing him, ari. eleanor. well it is a sad day in america when a liberal like me says they re regretting the fact that mad dog mattis is leaving the administration. it was a nickname that he detested but he served this
stand just about anything but it shouldn t have to. it shouldn t have to. there is yes, i am shaken by the resignation of general mattis. for what it means to our country, for the message it sends to our troops and for the indication of what his view is of the commander in chief. are americans left without mattis running the pentagon? look, our military soldiers 2.15 million of them are civilian employees and defense looked up to general mattis. i m sure they feel it is a great loss. i m sure most americans feel it is a great loss. and everything like this that happens, the resignation of a strong leader gives the american people less and less faith in president trump and the way he governs. it is all the more reason for us to pray for our country. our country has been blessed in so many ways by leaders
americans to read it. eleanor clift, what is the significance of what we just heard? these are two professionals. i looked up recently chuck schumer was first elected to the house in 1980 and then the senate in 1998. nancy pelosi was first elected to the house in 1987. that is a combined 70 years of political and legislative experience. and they are bull wart tonight and going into the future and the language they used that miss pelosi begging americans to read the letter, read the letter from mattis. which outlined his standards and reference for patriotism and senator schumer saying this is the most chaotic week in the american presidency or one of the most chaotic weeks in the american presidency. it is a reckoning and the