As the last adult in the room, abruptly resigning after the president rejected his advice and decided to pull all u. S. Troops out of syria. In his resignation letter, secretary mattis spelling out his world views this way. My views on treating allies with respect and also being cleareyed are strongly held. And mattis adds this. You have a right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours. So what will the president s reaction be to this stunning rejection today . We may soon find out. The president will be facing cameras for the First Time Since mattis shocking announcement any minute now. Will he address this . Will he address the other crisis, the fast approaching Government Shutdown to hit tonight . Well bring you his remarks when they happen. Cnns abby phillip is at the white house watching all of this along with us. President trump is set to be meeting with Senate Republicans right now. What are you hearing . Well, kate, this hastily called meeting is
Role of the opposition and the investigative thorn in the president s side. As for your government, it is still partially shuttered for the 13th straight day. Lets go to capitol hill on the latest on this incoming congress. So much changes today and history is made. Reporter thats right. It is a historic day, a new day for congress, a new face on capitol hill. Many of the new members will be arriving into washington later this morning where they will be sworn in. With that they are ushering in all sorts of historic firsts. First and foremost, the record breaking number of women who will now be in this congress. 102 women now just in the house of representatives alone. Thats up from 85 women in the last congress. And this will be the most d Diverse Congress ever. And i want to highlight just one touching moment that one of these new members posted on twitter last night. One of the first Muslim American women won her election coming into the house. She posted this picture with her father
To give away 12 billion extra and we are giving away 54billion in foreign aid. We dont give money to our own country. And democrats hunkered dunn with the president in the situation room. A room typically reserved for matters of national security. Republicans and democrats emerging from that room with very different takes. It is not helping the president. It is not helping the republicans to be the owners of this shutdown. Today we gave them an opportunity to get out of that and open up the government as we debate Border Security. I am a little disappointed with some on the other side. Once the secretary started and senator schumer interrupted her and they didnt want to hear it. House Majority Leader Kevin Mccarthy takes us inside that meeting. First exclusive reaction from the white house with the deputy press secretary. Its been a heck of a day. You were there for both meetings. Did anything change today . I am not sure, only because democrats refused to acknowledge the facts. What t
Impeached. Being doing better than ever before. We did nothing wrong. We did nothing wrong. And we have tremendous support in the Republican Party. The vote fell down mostly partisan lines. Surprise coming after the voting. That was Speaker Pelosi not sending the articles to the senate. We have legislation approved by the rules committee that will enable us to decide how we will send over the articles of impeachment. So far we havent seen anything that looks fair to us, so hopefully it will be fair and when we see what that is, we will send it over. No indication this morning when she plans to send and what happens next really anybodys guess. As for the vote here is where it broke down. Article one abuse of power 230 to 197. Tulsi gabbard voted present. Obstruction of congress. Three democrats defecting again van d drew and peterson and jared goldman. Gavin again present and issuing a video statement explaining her vote. When i cast my vote in support of the impeachment inquiry, nearly
In fairness, when i heard that, i was disturbed. If we are tasked, as the full senate, to to do impartial justice under the constitution and the law, to me, it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. And so i i i heard what leader mcconnell had said. I happen to think that that has further confused the process. As we said, the senate trial is in flux as Speaker Pelosi refuses to send articles of impeachment to the senate until shes sure there will be a fair trial. And leaders mcconnell and schumer are at an impasse over the trials parameters. But if you think this partisan battle over impeachment is bitter, imagine another impeachment process waiting in the wings. It is a distinct possibility, at least according to attorneys for the house judiciary committee. Who, in a document filed in court monday, contend that additional articles of impeachment could come if testimony from former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn reveals more about the presi