Small texas church this. Is as we begin to put the faces to the lives cut short, including small children in the church. President trump weighed in on the shooting from japan, before leaving to land here in seoul, a few hours after spending time with Prime Minister abe in japan. He talked about the allies discussing a host of issues. North korea topping that list. I spoke h exclusively with the Prime Minister of japan. We will air that in a few moments. First beginning in seoul we begin with white house correspondent, john roberts. The president called the act, an act of evil. The man der an in pblged and not the weapon he carried. President the problem is Mental Health this. Isnt a gun situation. We could go into it. Its a little soon to go into it. Too soon tore the president but not democrats. I reject the notion its too soon to act. If not now then when. We should ban assault weapons and bump stock today. This are measures, New Hampshire has implemented them, they reduce gun violen
The clock strikes midnight on new years eve. The president s decision startling u. S. Allies who were already concerned about mattiss upcoming exit. What does it mean for the transition . We are learning a little bit more this morning about who exactly will replace mattis. At least temporarily. His number two Patrick Shanahan will leave. Heres how they are explaining what the president might want to see in the next pentagon chief. I think the relationship between those two had been fraying. I think the president no longer relied on mattis to be able to deliver the president s vision. Nbcs jeff bennett is on duty for us at 1600 pennsylvania. Whats the latest on how all these decisions played out and the reaction from the white house . Well, two Senior Administration officials tell us mattis learned of his revised end date yesterday in a phone call from mike pomp pompeo. It appears President Trump read the resignation letter. It was a rebuke of the actions and world view of trump. Source