Carlos Ghosn Detained for Additional Charges.
WATT: Welcome back. I'm Nick Watt. Let's update you on our top stories this hour. U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis will leave the Trump administration at the end of February. A senior U.S. official says Mattis resigned over President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, a move Mattis vehemently opposed. The U.S. is also planning a troop drawdown in Afghanistan. A defense official tells CNN military leaders have been ordered to plan the withdrawal of about 7,000 troops from the country. The decision was reportedly made on Tuesday, the same day as the Syria decision. Operations at London's Gatwick Airport are finally starting to resume with a limited number of flights. The airfield was closed for more than day, stranding tens of thousands of passengers because of repeated drone sightings. Police are searching for the drone operator. And Japanese officials are moving to keep Nissan's former chief in jail over Christmas. Prosecutors say Friday that they rearrested Carlos Ghosn over new allegations.</s>NICK WATT, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They can now extend his intention by 10 days. Ghosn was arrested last month on financial misconduct charges. President Trump claims ISIS has been defeated in Syria. But Kurdish fighters are very much still at war with ISIS in the country. Dramatic video obtained exclusively by CNN shows that deadly fighting and it's fueling criticism from Mr. Trump's opponents who say his decision to pull U.S. military support away from the Kurds is a gross betrayal of a key ally. A warning our report from Nima Elbagir contains some disturbing images.</s>NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Heavy fire incoming. The cameraman whose voice you can hear takes shelter in the car. But someone has been left behind.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And go to the house here. Be in a car is danger.</s>ELBAGIR: The car itself a target. Nowhere is safe. Gabriel</s>WATT: Now, we are learning more details about Secretary of Defense James Mattis' resignation from the Trump administration. Two Pentagon officials tell CNN that Mattis was livid after reading reports that the Turkish minister of defense threatened to kill Kurdish forces and put them, "In ditches once U.S. troops pulled out of Syria." Mattis was also upset that the U.S. was betraying an ally due to President Trump's Syria decision. The sources say Mattis offered his resignation after he was unable to change the president's mind about withdrawing the troops. CNN senior producer Gul Tuysuz joins us now from Istanbul. Gul, Mattis says this is betrayal of a key ally, is he right?</s>GUL TUYSUZ, CNN SENIOR PRODUCER: Well, those words coming from the Turkish defense minister basically saying let them dig ditches. Let them dig trenches. When the time comes they will be buried in the halls that they have dug. Those are very strong words. But it's not the first time that a Turkish official has come out and said this. From the beginning, Turkey has made it very clear that they want to go and expel those Kurdish forces which are the U.S.' main ally on the ground in Syria in the fight against ISIS from along their border, so this isn't a surprise. It was always a matter of which ally the U.S. would pick. On the one hand, they had Turkey, it's NATO ally. And on the other hand, they had this Kurdish fighting force that has been instrumental in beating back ISIS' territorial hold in Syria. So this has been brewing for a long time. But there has been talk before of the U.S. withdrawing from that area and withdrawing its support for the Kurds. But this shocking development that came basically out of the blue really left the Kurds high. And dry especially in a time as they're facing down the possibility of a Turkish operation into territory that they control in Syria, Nick.</s>WATT: I mean listen I wonder what the Kurds do now. I mean do they continue their fight against ISIS or do they turn to the rear guard and defend themselves against Turkey? But listen as I understand that this is not the first time that the Kurds have been used, abused, and dropped. They're used to a level of betrayal.</s>TUYSUZ: Unfortunately yes. This is been a cycle of betrayal for Kurds in the region. During the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, you had the U.S. coming out and saying, you know, come help toppling Saddam Hussein and the Kurds were once again left on their own then. In this particular case, we knew that this was a very, very tough decision that was going to always come down to having to choose between U.S.' allies on the ground. But for the Kurds themselves, it's a matter of what they do next. With the U.S. troop presence there, they had a level of security, and safety, and a blanket even though the number of U.S. troops was, you know, it was only around 2,000. But it really was a deterrent against any Turkish incursion. Now, the Turks are going -- the Kurds are going to be looking for other allies. The possibilities of course are limited. They have Russia, Iran. But of course, their main -- the main destination that they'll be looking to is Damascus. And at this point, it might be that the U.S. having left the Kurds on the ground is going to have to try to make the Kurds and Damascus see eye to eye, so that that Kurdish force does not get completely decimated along the Turkish-Kurdish border.</s>WATT: Gul Tuysuz in Istanbul, thank you very much for your time. Moving further east, China is fighting back after the U.S. accused Beijing of being behind a hacking operation to steal global trade secrets. The U.S. Justice Department has charged two Chinese nationals with being part of a group that stole information from dozens of companies, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand have condemned China saying it is behind the cyber theft of intellectual property. But Beijing insists the charges are total fabrications. China of course is known as toymaker to the world. But if the trade war between China and the U.S. continues into next year, those playthings will become a lot more expensive for American consumers come next Christmas. CNN's Matt Rivers explains.</s>MATT RIVERS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Santa's workshop China edition, no else but these workers are busy making sure American parents can spend their hard earned money on presents namely toys. The U.S. Toy Association says around 85 percent of all toys sold annually in the U.S. are made at factories like this one here in China. Billions of dollars' worth are shipped each year sold by companies in the U.S. This particular factory makes foam figurines, Batman, Spider-Man, Darth Vader, footballs for the Tennessee National Guard, and Minions. But these guys and the rest could be more expensive next Christmas.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: China wants to make a deal and it's just not acceptable to me yet. China has taken advantage of the United States for many years.</s>RIVERS: The U.S. and China are locked in a trade war with negotiations ongoing after a meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the G20 this month. There's hope for a deal but if it falls through get ready for more tariffs.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Quite simply tariffs are attacks on consumers.</s>RIVERS: The U.S. has already put tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports to the U.S. In other words, U.S. companies have to pay more to buy Chinese products. And the administration has threatened to tax $267 billion more. Toys have largely avoided that tax for now. But if the trade war continues, they will get hit too.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And if tariffs were to go into effect on toys sold to the United States, that would be devastating for particularly for small companies.</s>RIVERS: They would avoid those tariffs if they imported from somewhere else. But China is unique. The skilled labor here, the established supply chain, the same factories capable of making different toys depending on demand no other country can do that. So even if tariffs are put in place, experts say that moving all of this to another country like say the United States just doesn't make financial sense. Some companies will keep buying Chinese products even if tariffs make them more expensive. And that extra cost will likely get passed on to the consumer, aka, you mom and dad. Imagine this he says, they need to spend $150 or $200 on what used to cost just $100. It is going to be tough especially for medium and low income Americans. The Trump administration says tariffs are a tool to force China to change. For decades, they have stolen U.S. intellectual property and best practices, and they have restricted market access for American companies. That is a fact, but changing that behavior with tariffs has a cost. Trump's policy was meant for helping the American people, but it's a double edge sword. It hit china, but it's also going to hurt American</s>MATT: Meanwhile, back to this Christmas here in the U.S., many federal workers could find themselves furloughed over the holidays because the U.S. federal government is in danger of a shutdown and many are blaming President Trump. More on that when we return.