who had her family living there. i come home and read a certain paper where the story was there that they were actually forming to go into really to really do big destruction. i put out a statement that you better not do it. in all fairness to russia and iran and syria, they didn t attack or they re doing it surgically at least. saved a lot of people. we do a lot of good work. this administration does a tremendous job. we don t get credit for it. i think the people understand what we do. so prime minister abe gave me it s the most beautiful five page letter. nobel prize. he sent it to them. do you know why? because he had rocket ships and he had missiles flying over japan. they had alarms going off. you know that. all of a sudden they feel good.
mattis where he has the ability to speak out. the two-page letter a lot of people made a big deal about. there was only a few word of one sentence where he said the president should have a secretary of defense more align with this views. i agree with that sentiment. but people are making out this two page letter, it s just two pages of criticizing a president and administration. that s not the way i took it. i don t believe james mattis as a civilian will be looking to boost his twitter following to millions of people and become famous on monetizing his position as secretary of defense at the expense of and trying to overthrow this president. i don t see that path forward for this general. arthel: i understand that. i think it concern or question here to you, congressman. your reaction how you see it as
wall street s losses this week reflect fears of an economic slowdown and an aggressive federal reserve. a source says president trump hates the resignation letter of his u.s. defense secretary james mattis. the two page letter offers not one single word of praise for the president. a source also says it angers the president to hear mattis described as the adult in the room, the adult in the administration who kept mr. trump s impulses in check. jim sciutto picks it up from here. reporter: defense secretary james mattis surprised president trump when he handed him his resignation letter according to sources. cnn learned that mattis showed up at the white house to make one last attempt to change the president s mind on withdrawing u.s. troops from syria. when the president would not relent, mattis resigned. disa d
in the senate. when they have control of the house, it will be much more difficult for donald trump to get anything close to what he s asking for at the moment. we always appreciate your insights. richard johnson joining us from lancaster, thank you, richard. thank you. it is interesting, this issue of the wall, it is central to the president s campaign. it s what got him in office, so now it seems he s under pressure as democrats are set to take over the house, under pressure to try to get traction on it. it s a tall order so to speak. indeed. now the resignation heard around the world. u.s. defense secretary james mattis tendered his resignation this week and a source says president trump hates the two page letter. it angers the president to hear mattis described as the administration in the room that kept mr. trump s impulses in check. defense secretary james mattis surprised president trump
maria vigano sent 11 page letter accusing pope francis of not only turning a blind eye to sexual abuse allegations against the ex-cardinal but also rehabilitating him from sanctions that pope benedict had imposed for the pope said he would not confirm or deny the accusations. a response that some believe is lackluster. i think the pope made a mistake. i think he was correct in telling the reporters, look at the document, analyze it. try to fact check it. because frankie, if the document had been written by journalists and given to the editor, it never would have been published. because it was full of allegations without evidence and proof. reporter: bottom line, this is seen as pope francis s toughest test to peer sexual abuse scandals around the world and now a very public church