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turkish president erdogan, said we will take over where we left off. >> erdogan and putin, supposed to meet at a lengthy meeting. president trump said the kurds were fighting for their own reasons. >> they were fighting isis. where is an agreement that says we need to stay in the middle east, for the rest of humanity, for the rest of civilization? the kurds never said that. i hope they will watch over isis. >> the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil, he didn't think it was necessary to leave troops behind in syria. he said there were 28 troops on t the border anyway. but they're staying in the middle east. nick paton walsh will look at some of the things that the president said that weren't true. the u.s. never promised to ever protect the kurds. but many thought it would end in the more managed fashion. there were 28 troops pulled back. they were not about to be obliterated by advancing armyie. after the past 48 hours, we're seeing troops rallying and leaving a different syria behind them. certainly in the meeting at sochi, that we will see today, between ru
turkish president erdogan, said we will take over where we left off. >> erdogan and putin, supposed to meet at a lengthy meeting. president trump said the kurds were fighting for their own reasons. >> they were fighting isis. where is an agreement that says we need to stay in the middle east, for the rest of humanity, for the rest of civilization? the kurds never said that. i hope they will watch over isis. >> the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil,...
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president trump made that very clear to his friend president erdogan. the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week, and the president made it clear yesterday and we made it clear again today that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's cease-fire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong relationship between the united states and turkey. it's also a credit to the strong relationship between our two leaders. where there are differences between friends, it's important that the friends let their feelings be known. president trump did that in this case. but it facilitated us being able to reach an agreement that is now resulted in a cease-fire, and we believe will set the stage for creating a peaceful and stable, a safe zone that the united states is committed to achieving that for all the people of this region. >> mr. vice president, mr. vice president can
president trump made that very clear to his friend president erdogan. the united states imposed sanctions earlier this week, and the president made it clear yesterday and we made it clear again today that there would be additional sanctions coming to bring an end to the violence, to the loss of innocent lives in this border conflict. that being said, let me say, i really believe today, today's cease-fire is a credit to president trump and to president erdogan. it's a credit to the strong...
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president erdogan and putin, meeting in sochi. a lot of days and fighting and dying that could happen before that meeting, that may provide the only diplomatic off-ramp here. >> this remarkable letter from the president of the united states, where he, on october 9th, warns the turkish president, don't be a tough guy, don't be a fool. does the united states have any leverage at all to be making claims now? or a request to the turkish government? >> it's palpable that the answer is no. that letter was sent. it had no impact. president erdogan said he will not be looking at a cease-fire, which has been the american demand. bear in mind he may have said in that letter, president trump said that the pkk, the turkish branch of the kurds, that fought isis with american backing, he said that the pkk were worse than isis. that is a turkish talking point entirely. while donald trump is trying to criticize president trump erdogan, tell him not to be a tough guy. don't be a fool, language from a different era to some degree. he's saying the t
president erdogan and putin, meeting in sochi. a lot of days and fighting and dying that could happen before that meeting, that may provide the only diplomatic off-ramp here. >> this remarkable letter from the president of the united states, where he, on october 9th, warns the turkish president, don't be a tough guy, don't be a fool. does the united states have any leverage at all to be making claims now? or a request to the turkish government? >> it's palpable that the answer is...
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works is erdogan has a political man crush on trump and trump is in fatu ated by erdogan and his government style. >> reporter: chop tye is the director of research at the washington institute for middle east policy and just released a book. >> erdogan has build a base that endorsed him and in some ways trump wants to copy that model in u.s. politics but they are both strong men and want to make their nations strong. >> reporter: it is a relationship that dates back to at least 2012 when then prime minister erdogan attended the launch of trump towers istanbul and ivanka trump made sure to publicly thank him. since taking office, trump has hosted erdogan and met him in japan and they share son-in-laws who participate in governing decisions. in february trump sent his son-in-law jared kushner to turkey to discuss middle east strategy. in march erdogan admitted my son-in-law has a working bridge to kushner and dussed how his son-in-law and kushner text each other. last week the white house announced erdogan will visit the white house again next month. that was before the current backlash over
works is erdogan has a political man crush on trump and trump is in fatu ated by erdogan and his government style. >> reporter: chop tye is the director of research at the washington institute for middle east policy and just released a book. >> erdogan has build a base that endorsed him and in some ways trump wants to copy that model in u.s. politics but they are both strong men and want to make their nations strong. >> reporter: it is a relationship that dates back to at...
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because if the president didn't give erdogan a green light, why did erdogan go in? in other words, if we hadn't pulled back the u.s. troops, that wouldn't have been possible. he hadn't gone in before that. >> that's right. and this has happened before with this administration. they're trying to pull the wool over your eyes i think to some extent here. remember what the white house said in the initial statement that started all of this. >> i can read it. today president donald trump spoke to erdogan. turkey will be moving forward with its operation into northern syria. period. >> it doesn't say don't be a fool, don't be a tough guy. it says they're beginning their operation. in layman terms gave a green light to erdogan. >> the word i keep hearing is impotent and i know obviously it has a double meaning and i'm trying not to think of the other one. but impotent that this is the u.s. president who we can't -- america can't stop, i guess, turkey from going in there. if this is the letter, it didn't work. obviously the atrocities that are being reportered on the ground
because if the president didn't give erdogan a green light, why did erdogan go in? in other words, if we hadn't pulled back the u.s. troops, that wouldn't have been possible. he hadn't gone in before that. >> that's right. and this has happened before with this administration. they're trying to pull the wool over your eyes i think to some extent here. remember what the white house said in the initial statement that started all of this. >> i can read it. today president donald trump...
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, urging erdogan to make a good deal and that history will look favorably on erdogan if he does this, quote, the right and humane way. what do you make of that? >> i read that letter and i thought this is not let's make a deal. this is not a tv show, this is not a reality tv show, and yet the president carries on like that. for erdogan now to make a deal, so to speak, with the president after the president gave him the green light and now is reneging on that green light would suggest that his word cannot be saved and somehow felt that it would in fact be something that you can count on. i don't have any support for erdogan. i think what he is doing is a gross act and that we should never have been in the position of giving him the green light. the president did it without consulting with his experts who are on the ground with the military service members who are supposed to be advising him. and once again, he is acting in a manner that shows a gross dereliction of his duty to the american people. >> i want to turn to the ukraine situation. you're a member of the intelligence committee
, urging erdogan to make a good deal and that history will look favorably on erdogan if he does this, quote, the right and humane way. what do you make of that? >> i read that letter and i thought this is not let's make a deal. this is not a tv show, this is not a reality tv show, and yet the president carries on like that. for erdogan now to make a deal, so to speak, with the president after the president gave him the green light and now is reneging on that green light would suggest that...
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huh how much is watching erdogan at this point? >> reporter: they are calling for an immediate cease-fire. this is something that turkey says this is a nonstarter. we heard them saying they will continuing with this mission. they are determined to continue with the operation. they say they will not stop until the kurdish fighters move away from the border. that safe zone, that buffer zone, that turkey is aiming to establish. about 30, 35 kilometers into syria. he says once they do that, then the turkish operation will stop. so, you're looking at a very difficult mission here for the vice president. a very awkward time for him to be coming. you have got on the one hand, the president pretty much undermined this delegation's mission today. yesterday, the statements you just ran a short time ago, where he says he doesn't care about happens next. and you have the united states not with much leverage other than sanctions at this point and the threat of more severe sanctions, which turkey said they don't really care about. they're determ
huh how much is watching erdogan at this point? >> reporter: they are calling for an immediate cease-fire. this is something that turkey says this is a nonstarter. we heard them saying they will continuing with this mission. they are determined to continue with the operation. they say they will not stop until the kurdish fighters move away from the border. that safe zone, that buffer zone, that turkey is aiming to establish. about 30, 35 kilometers into syria. he says once they do that,...
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and erdogan says he is ready to take necessary further steps. jomana, what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: good morning. that cease-fire is set to expire in 11 hours' time from now. what happens next? you have to see why the cease-fire was agreed to in the first place. turkey wants to see the fighters from their designated safe zone. they were given the deadline, 120 hours, 5 days for that to happen. that deadline expires in about ten hours from now. have they withdrawn from the designated safe area? the big question is what is the safe area? we have a vague agreement between the united states and turkey. they want everybody to withdrawal from the area, 120 miles long, and 20 miles deep in syria. what they were discussing is a much smaller area. an area where the turkish incursion took place. we're talking 17 miles. we heard erdogan on his way to sochi to meet with vladimir putin. he said, while he is threatening to resume this operation if there's no full withdrawal by the end of the deadline, he did seem to be leaving room for diplomacy
and erdogan says he is ready to take necessary further steps. jomana, what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: good morning. that cease-fire is set to expire in 11 hours' time from now. what happens next? you have to see why the cease-fire was agreed to in the first place. turkey wants to see the fighters from their designated safe zone. they were given the deadline, 120 hours, 5 days for that to happen. that deadline expires in about ten hours from now. have they withdrawn from the...
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it's a desire erdogan wanted and trader, erdogan wanted him as well. interests aligning on two major issues with what erdogan wants. >> josh, thank you very much. >>> now this -- the picture of the day. stop what you're doing and look at the tv or your phone, whatever it is. however you're watching. north korea's kim jong-un supporting a fur-lined coat riding 0en a decorated white horse on a snow-covered mountain considered sacred to many north koreans. north korea claims that kim personally rode this horse up this 9,000 foot tall mountain -- propaganda much? certainly staged. also evokes another strong man on horseback, of course who could forget this? russia's vladimir putin back in 2009? silly as it all looks it could mean kim is ready to make a big announcement amid souring diplomacy with the united states. gordon chang, author of "showdown" and columnist for the "daily beast." gordon chang, what's going on? >> i feel sorry for the horse. ah. we don't know exactly what's going on, but we do know that something big will occur because in the past not
it's a desire erdogan wanted and trader, erdogan wanted him as well. interests aligning on two major issues with what erdogan wants. >> josh, thank you very much. >>> now this -- the picture of the day. stop what you're doing and look at the tv or your phone, whatever it is. however you're watching. north korea's kim jong-un supporting a fur-lined coat riding 0en a decorated white horse on a snow-covered mountain considered sacred to many north koreans. north korea claims that...
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get a cease-fire out of erdogan. we'll see if that happens. pence going to turkey to try and work on that, getting the commitment not to attack the northern syrian town of kaboni, which is a kurdish stronghold. then the president also talking to the head of the syrian kurds that the u.s. until now has been aligned with in the fight against isis. the general very much wanting to hold on to kaboni. he does not want the turks to take that. it's a strategic position for him, and promising the president that his fighters would continue to try and guard and detain the thousands of isis detainees that they have in their detention facilities. but this is a long road, wolf. it has all fallen apart very quickly in the last few days. whether they can put the pieces back together and get some kind of cease-fire, get some kind of stability, get people back in their towns and villages, it may be a very long road to making all of that happen. wolf. >> an awful, awful, horrendous situation unfolding right now. barbara starr at the p
get a cease-fire out of erdogan. we'll see if that happens. pence going to turkey to try and work on that, getting the commitment not to attack the northern syrian town of kaboni, which is a kurdish stronghold. then the president also talking to the head of the syrian kurds that the u.s. until now has been aligned with in the fight against isis. the general very much wanting to hold on to kaboni. he does not want the turks to take that. it's a strategic position for him, and promising the...
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trump, who's envious of erdogan's powers. >> i think the reason the trump/erdogan relationship works is because erdogan has a political man crush on trump. the other way is also true. trump also seems to be quite infatuated by erdogan and his governance style. >> reporter: he has just released his third book on turkey. >> erdogan has been able to build a base that adores him. i think in some ways, trump perhaps wants to copy that model inside u.s. politics. but at the same time, the leaders get each other because they're both strong men. they both want to make their nation strong. >> reporter: it's a relationship that dates back to at least 2012 when then-prime minister erdogan attended the launch of trump towers istanbul and ivanka trump made sure to publicly thank him. since taking office, trump has hosted erdogan twice at the white house, met him in japan. the two men share another connection, sons-in-law who participate in governing decisions. in february, trump sent his son-in-law, jared kushner, to turkey to discuss middle east strategy. in march, erdogan admitted my son-in-law
trump, who's envious of erdogan's powers. >> i think the reason the trump/erdogan relationship works is because erdogan has a political man crush on trump. the other way is also true. trump also seems to be quite infatuated by erdogan and his governance style. >> reporter: he has just released his third book on turkey. >> erdogan has been able to build a base that adores him. i think in some ways, trump perhaps wants to copy that model inside u.s. politics. but at the same...
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that letter and erdogan and turkey's behavior in syria proves it's erdogan who has trump's number. erdogan has played him the way kim jong-un played him and the way vladimir putin played him. we have the weakest commander in chief in modern u.s. history. we have never looked this weak. we have never seen such disgrace, lowered on our troops. our troops are not disgraceful. our commander in chief brought disgrace to them. what's very interesting now is we have national security republicans who understand the game. they know about foreign policy. they know the president has been disgraceful. they have talked to the president. they know he's a fool on foreign policy. in the early 1950s republicans were afraid of joseph mccarthy and joe mccarthy went against the u.s. military. and a lot of republicans found their inner core, and they realized enough is enough. >> you think that's going to happen? >> i'm not sure but i'm saying to folks that are arguing that this country is too partisan, i'm saying there are americans among the republican party who recognize that we have the most danger
that letter and erdogan and turkey's behavior in syria proves it's erdogan who has trump's number. erdogan has played him the way kim jong-un played him and the way vladimir putin played him. we have the weakest commander in chief in modern u.s. history. we have never looked this weak. we have never seen such disgrace, lowered on our troops. our troops are not disgraceful. our commander in chief brought disgrace to them. what's very interesting now is we have national security republicans who...
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how much trust do you place in the word of president erdogan. >> i don't have no trust. i have no trust in him for sure because, i mean, what he's doing is, disrespectful to his country and his people and he's definitely a very bad man. i called him the hitler of our century for a reason. if you see what's happening in all over the world, especially syria to the innocent kurds, it's a human tragedy. >> just so people know, what are the roots of his issues with you? why has he been after you, in your mind, for these years? >> because i talk about human rights. i talk about -- i stand for democracy and freedom of speech. so just because when i talk it goes viral. and he hates that. so just because i talk about these issues, he is, like i said, it affects me and my family, but people know my story because i play in nba, but there are thousands and thousands of stories out there way worse than mine. so what i said, i'm trying to be the voice of all those innocent people who don't have one. so that's why i'm trying to create awareness of what's going on in turkey. >> again, n
how much trust do you place in the word of president erdogan. >> i don't have no trust. i have no trust in him for sure because, i mean, what he's doing is, disrespectful to his country and his people and he's definitely a very bad man. i called him the hitler of our century for a reason. if you see what's happening in all over the world, especially syria to the innocent kurds, it's a human tragedy. >> just so people know, what are the roots of his issues with you? why has he been...
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>> the letter he wrote to erdogan in turkey, which he gave out to every member that was there. basically strikes me as a letter to cover your backside because what he unleashed he now cannot recall. and so, you know, it's to try to respond to the incredible criticism. it's an incredible letter the way it's written and you wouldn't believe it -- >> i've read it. it does not -- i mean it's not the kind of letter i thought a president of the united states would send to the president of turkey. it just -- it does not read as a -- i mean at one point it sort of ends with don't be a tough guy, don't be a fool, i'll call you later. >> yeah, that's how it ends. and it just -- to me it was to be able to -- first of all, the letter is just an incredible letter the way it's dictated. but it sounds like it's definitely dictated directly from him the way he thinks and speaks. and secondly, it was to try to cover himself for what was unleashed with the turks going ahead and invading into northern syria and the consequences that flow thereafter. >> i want to ask you about something else, whic
>> the letter he wrote to erdogan in turkey, which he gave out to every member that was there. basically strikes me as a letter to cover your backside because what he unleashed he now cannot recall. and so, you know, it's to try to respond to the incredible criticism. it's an incredible letter the way it's written and you wouldn't believe it -- >> i've read it. it does not -- i mean it's not the kind of letter i thought a president of the united states would send to the president of...
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quoting now from this letter to erdogan, quote, let's work out a good deal. you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy, and i will. the letter is dated the ninth of this month. that is the same day that turkish troops went into northern syria and kurds began being slaughters. shortly thereafter, isis fighters began escaping kurdish custody. the president was asked about all of that today. >> even after all you have seen, isis prisoners freed, all the humanitarian disaster, you don't have any regret for giving erdogan the green light to invade. >> i didn't give him a green light. that's the same thing as you just -- you know, when you make a statement like that, it's so deceptive. just the opposite of a green light. >> the opposite of a green light, which i guess would be a red light or red line, a stern warning not to invade perhaps or a decision not to pull the small number of american troops who were holding back the turks from invading and attacking the kurds,
quoting now from this letter to erdogan, quote, let's work out a good deal. you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy, and i will. the letter is dated the ninth of this month. that is the same day that turkish troops went into northern syria and kurds began being slaughters. shortly thereafter, isis fighters began escaping kurdish custody. the president was asked about all of that today. >>...
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president trump spoke to turkey's president erdogan today about de-escalating the fight. he announced sanctions against turkey in response raising steel tariffs to 50% and halting a proposed $100 billion trade deal. president trump says a small footprint of soldiers will remain in southern syria and one more thing, vice president pence is now being sent to turkey to try to broker the kind of deal to safeguard our allies or our one-time allies, the kurds, and contain isis. the kind of deal we had already until last sunday. all of this began a week ago sunday with a much different telephone call with turkey's president. what was said remains unclear. what we do know, the president agreed to pull out troops from the region essentially giving the green light to the turkish invasion of northern syria. this left our kurdish allies, key allies, it left them stunned and surprised and then exposed to turkish aggression. republicans never once to rock the boat were vocal in their denunciations. did that bother the president? it must have. two days later he said he was inviting turk
president trump spoke to turkey's president erdogan today about de-escalating the fight. he announced sanctions against turkey in response raising steel tariffs to 50% and halting a proposed $100 billion trade deal. president trump says a small footprint of soldiers will remain in southern syria and one more thing, vice president pence is now being sent to turkey to try to broker the kind of deal to safeguard our allies or our one-time allies, the kurds, and contain isis. the kind of deal we...
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the president bragged about his nasty letter to erdogan. we may have a chance to read some portions of that. he called general mattis the most overrated general. he said fewer than 100 isis prisoners had escaped and they're the least dangerous ones. >> the important thing there is the secretary of defense wouldn't confirm it. he wouldn't confirm they were the least dangerous. >> how do we know the least daern dangerous ones. >> and he called nancy pelosi a third rate politician. and that's when, i think the moment where you see her standing up. i think it's the moment where she says, why do all roads with you lead back to putin? what a day, dana. >> what a day. i mean, this is -- if we were watching a tv show about a presidency, we would roll our eyes and say, yeah, right. you can probably say that about every five minutes of this presidency. but this really caps it because it's climactic. and that picture, the fact that the white house, that the president wanted that out because that makes it look bad for nancy pelosi, i mean, i guess she,
the president bragged about his nasty letter to erdogan. we may have a chance to read some portions of that. he called general mattis the most overrated general. he said fewer than 100 isis prisoners had escaped and they're the least dangerous ones. >> the important thing there is the secretary of defense wouldn't confirm it. he wouldn't confirm they were the least dangerous. >> how do we know the least daern dangerous ones. >> and he called nancy pelosi a third rate...
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i just want to thank and congratulate, though, president erdogan. he's a friend of mine, and i'm glad we didn't have a problem. frankly, he's a hell of a leader. and he's a tough man. he's a strong man. and he did the right thing, and i really appreciate it, and i will appreciate it in the future. >> [ inaudible ]. >> well, turkey has a great military power. turkey is a friend of ours, a neighbor of ours and a member of nato. and what turkey is getting now is, they're not going to have to kill millions of people, and millions of people aren't going to have to kill them. this was going to be a war of lots of other groups coming in. this wasn't going to stop with turkey against the kurds. a lot of different groups were coming in. we might not have been involved. i don't want to be involved in that kind of a war. by the way, we have the strongest military in the world but have been there ten years, been in the middle east 19.5 years. so this was a great thing for everybody, and turkey is -- i really appreciate what they've done. they did the right thin
i just want to thank and congratulate, though, president erdogan. he's a friend of mine, and i'm glad we didn't have a problem. frankly, he's a hell of a leader. and he's a tough man. he's a strong man. and he did the right thing, and i really appreciate it, and i will appreciate it in the future. >> [ inaudible ]. >> well, turkey has a great military power. turkey is a friend of ours, a neighbor of ours and a member of nato. and what turkey is getting now is, they're not going to...
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president trump sent pence and pompeo there to push erdogan for a cease-fire in northern syria. >> erdogan has already dismissed that, though, and those troops continue to progress on the ground in northern syria. our katelyn collins has been traveling with the vice president and joins us now by phone. what are their actual expectations for success or progress here given the president's comments undermining this mission and the fact turkey is getting what it wants and what it has for years in syria, a foothold there and a chance to confront kurdish groups directly. is there any realistic hope being expressed to you by white house officials? >> reporter: we've been speaking and based on what president trump has been publicly and president erdogan the kpegt aches have been pretty low for this meeting. there's been question of what the purpose was for this meeting from inside the white house even since the president announced this delegation was going to be making its way to turkey. that's essentially what we're waiting for now we're on the ground here. the reason we're not on camera is we're
president trump sent pence and pompeo there to push erdogan for a cease-fire in northern syria. >> erdogan has already dismissed that, though, and those troops continue to progress on the ground in northern syria. our katelyn collins has been traveling with the vice president and joins us now by phone. what are their actual expectations for success or progress here given the president's comments undermining this mission and the fact turkey is getting what it wants and what it has for...
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and who are the winners other than erdogan? it's russia and putin because they backed assad's forces. it's bashar al assad, the dictator of syria. and, of course, it's the isis fighters who suddenly have discovered they have a way to break out of jail. and the president's agreement or vice president's agreement calls for a policing of isis. but i'm not sure there's going to be much left to police. >> and so is it the impression that the middle east has just with this in sort of one fell swoop does have all these geopolitical realignments right now? >> there is certainly a part of a realignment here. and the main one is that russia, which went in to syria first in 2015 and which president obama sort of said at the time, good luck. you'll get stuck as we have in middle east wars. they've emerged pretty victorio victorious. they now have a solid foothost in the middle east for the first time really since the 1960s. they have a naval base they've long had in syria. but now free run of the country and basically a vasil state. the un
and who are the winners other than erdogan? it's russia and putin because they backed assad's forces. it's bashar al assad, the dictator of syria. and, of course, it's the isis fighters who suddenly have discovered they have a way to break out of jail. and the president's agreement or vice president's agreement calls for a policing of isis. but i'm not sure there's going to be much left to police. >> and so is it the impression that the middle east has just with this in sort of one fell...
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some of you have seen the letter that i put out to erdogan. i gave it to him, president erdogan. some of you have seen it. i said, listen, don't open the doors and let them out just to create more havoc. let's create some havoc and political exposure for the president of the united states. we were the ones that got isis. we're the ones that took care of it, specific ally me because i' the one that gave the order, because when i came in under president obama, isis was a disaster all over that area. i was the one that got them. we were the ones that captured them. i will say this, that russia, iran, syria and to maybe a slightly lesser extent turkey, they all hate isis as much as we do and it's their part of the world. we're 7,000 miles away. i campaigned on bringing our soldiers back home and that's what i'm doing. that includes other places too, many other places. statutorily it takes a period of time, diplomatically it takes a period of time, but we're in many countries, many, many countries. i'm embarrassed to tell you how many. i know the exact number but i'm embarrassed to sa
some of you have seen the letter that i put out to erdogan. i gave it to him, president erdogan. some of you have seen it. i said, listen, don't open the doors and let them out just to create more havoc. let's create some havoc and political exposure for the president of the united states. we were the ones that got isis. we're the ones that took care of it, specific ally me because i' the one that gave the order, because when i came in under president obama, isis was a disaster all over that...
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are you surprised that this letter, erdogan even made it? >> i think it shows that the president doesn't seem to have people around him to tell him no and that's very concerning. this is not a letter you expect to see come from the president to a foreign leader. you would expect that the president's advisors would tell him not to send something like this. >> ross, john, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> an explosive meeting at the white house leading democrats to walk out and declare the president had a quote very serious meltdown. all the details next. i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424. ever since you brought me home, that day. i've been plotting to destroy you. sizing you up... calculating your every move. you think this is love? this is a billion years of tiger dna just ready to pounce. and if you have the wrong home insurance coverage, you could be coughing up the cash for this. so get allstate and be better prot
are you surprised that this letter, erdogan even made it? >> i think it shows that the president doesn't seem to have people around him to tell him no and that's very concerning. this is not a letter you expect to see come from the president to a foreign leader. you would expect that the president's advisors would tell him not to send something like this. >> ross, john, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> an explosive meeting at the white house leading democrats to walk...
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this is very typical of someone like erdogan. he's, in essence, running the information war in this campaign, and he's doing it and really the main target of his operation is president trump. president trump for whatever reason believes that whatever erdogan says is the gospel. it is not the gospel. it is absolutely fundamentally untrue and it needs to be verified by the intelligence agencies, agencies that president trump, of course, doesn't like. >> that's a very good point, cedric. so josh, in this op-ed that you wrote, this is about the withdrawal from northern syria. you say, in the years to come the world will be dealing with more ter rim, more refugees, more iranian expansion, more war crimes, more russian influence and a grim future for millions of innocent syrians. the president sees this as saving the lives of american soldiers. >> it's a self-inflicted gunshot wound at that, and if it works the way it's supposed to, and that's a big if, that totally ignores the underlying larger problem which is president trump has mad
this is very typical of someone like erdogan. he's, in essence, running the information war in this campaign, and he's doing it and really the main target of his operation is president trump. president trump for whatever reason believes that whatever erdogan says is the gospel. it is not the gospel. it is absolutely fundamentally untrue and it needs to be verified by the intelligence agencies, agencies that president trump, of course, doesn't like. >> that's a very good point, cedric. so...
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but it's just in time for erdogan and putin to happen. jomana, thank you very much. >>> border officials say 7,000 refugees fleeing the turkish offensive have crossed into the turkish region. nick paton walsh with the latest. nick, good morning. >> reporter: absolutely. hundreds of thousands of people said to be on the move. you see the tip of those who are lucky enough to get out of kurdish-held syria, crossing into iraqi kurdistan. we saw smaller numbers shifting around towns that are frequently changing control. this will probably intensify in the next four or five days or so because there is an extraordinary discrepancy in interpretations of this cease-fire deal. if you read u.s. officials trying to explain it, not very well, i have to say. they seem to suggest that it involves areas that turkey controls. turkey interpreting it as involving everywhere that it wants to control. that's the key difference here because turkey perceives there's an onus on the syrian kurds to get out of the areas it wants to control. there's a u.s. percepti
but it's just in time for erdogan and putin to happen. jomana, thank you very much. >>> border officials say 7,000 refugees fleeing the turkish offensive have crossed into the turkish region. nick paton walsh with the latest. nick, good morning. >> reporter: absolutely. hundreds of thousands of people said to be on the move. you see the tip of those who are lucky enough to get out of kurdish-held syria, crossing into iraqi kurdistan. we saw smaller numbers shifting around towns...
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once erdogan went in, we went 32 you our soldiers, saw to blame erdogan for this catastrophe, there is no substitute for american leadership. this that we get out is folley. foreign threats over there are much to our detriment here. radical islam is not tired of fighting you. you may be tired of fighting them. 27,000 troops were able to take the caliphate down working with kurds and arabs, those people deserve our support. isis will come back. they're not defeated. the caliphate's destroyed. but there are thousands of fighters and the best bet for the united states is to have a kurdish u.s. partnership to keep isis at bay and keep a foot on their throat. if we push the kurds with assad, a nightmare for us. i talked last night to the leader of the kurdish military. he said he does not want to align with assad. he wants a working relationship with the united states to destroy isis and the isis prisoners are still in jail. if we continue to allow turkey to mismember syria, the kurds will have to make a choice between guarding prisoners and families. know the choice they will make in align
once erdogan went in, we went 32 you our soldiers, saw to blame erdogan for this catastrophe, there is no substitute for american leadership. this that we get out is folley. foreign threats over there are much to our detriment here. radical islam is not tired of fighting you. you may be tired of fighting them. 27,000 troops were able to take the caliphate down working with kurds and arabs, those people deserve our support. isis will come back. they're not defeated. the caliphate's destroyed....
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all eyes on whether erdogan and putin can sort this out. they've signaled both of them that they'd be happy for the regime, turkey would, to take certain areas and for putin potentially to act as his forces act as some kind of peacemaker. who's not at that table? the united states. they're out of the picture here despite saying 2 or 300 troops would be remaining to defend oil interests. these next eight hours of negotiations absolutely key. if they don't get some kind of permanent settlement out of this, we could see syria slide back into ugly land grabs and continued violence. >> all right, we'll see what comes out of that meeting if we ever do really know what these two are speaking about. nick paton walsh that you think ve -- thank you very much. >>> the national security correspondent for the "new york times," let's start with what nick was just reporting. this meeting that is going on erdogan ask putin, what is likely to come out of this? >> well, my guess is alisyn that you'll see putin begging for a little bit of time here or playing
all eyes on whether erdogan and putin can sort this out. they've signaled both of them that they'd be happy for the regime, turkey would, to take certain areas and for putin potentially to act as his forces act as some kind of peacemaker. who's not at that table? the united states. they're out of the picture here despite saying 2 or 300 troops would be remaining to defend oil interests. these next eight hours of negotiations absolutely key. if they don't get some kind of permanent settlement...
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are you surprised that this letter, erdogan even made it? >> i think it shows that the president doesn't seem to have people around him to tell him no and that's very concerning. this is not a letter you expect to see come from the president to a foreign leader. you would expect that the president's advisors would tell him not to send something like this. >> ross, john, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> an explosive meeting at the white house leading democrats to walk out and declare the president had a quote very serious meltdown. all the details next. ah! come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? let's hide behind the chainsaws. smart. yeah. ok. if you're in a horror movie, you make poor decisions. it's what you do. this was a good idea. shhhh. i'm being quiet. you're breathing on me! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. let's go to the cemetery! you see clear skin. cosentyx can help people with moderate
are you surprised that this letter, erdogan even made it? >> i think it shows that the president doesn't seem to have people around him to tell him no and that's very concerning. this is not a letter you expect to see come from the president to a foreign leader. you would expect that the president's advisors would tell him not to send something like this. >> ross, john, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> an explosive meeting at the white house leading democrats to walk...
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what are you seeing, clarissa, in the face of this threat from president erdogan? >> so, poppy, we are just outside a town called te tel abiyad. what we're seeing throughout the course of the morning is a steady stream of artillery coming in from turkey hitting various targets all around where we are. i'm sure you can see in the background those black plumes of smoke. they aren't actually from strikes. they appear to be from burning tires. kurdish forces have been burning tires in an apparently coordinated attempt to create some kind of a smoke screen to try to protect themselves from this incoming artillery. we've also heard some outgoing artillery, too. so the kurds are trying to defend themselves. they are trying to fight back. and earlier, we even saw a group, a small group of protesters, poppy. ordinary civilians who were trying to march right up to the turkish border to protest against president erdogan's military incursion. now somebody from the ypg or from the kurdish forces here stopped those protesters. came on a microphone and told them to come home imme
what are you seeing, clarissa, in the face of this threat from president erdogan? >> so, poppy, we are just outside a town called te tel abiyad. what we're seeing throughout the course of the morning is a steady stream of artillery coming in from turkey hitting various targets all around where we are. i'm sure you can see in the background those black plumes of smoke. they aren't actually from strikes. they appear to be from burning tires. kurdish forces have been burning tires in an...
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still the president continues to entertain erdogan and say well he wants to make a deal. he knows it's good for his country, but at the end of the day, he refrains from criticizing erdogan for the atrocities that have happened. we have heard him criticize lead ers in the u.k. with harsher language than he has criticized erdogan. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> what is the actual one concrete result so far as we can tell of pence and pompeo's visit to turkey today? no sanctions. >> even the most trump supportive senators on the republican side said yeah, we've got to do something about this. now the administration is is taking off the very mild sanctions they put on and they're not supporting substantiations on the hisanctie hill for nothing. it's more of an accommodation than one thought was possible. >> does the so-called cease fire in syria shift the balance of power again in the middle east towards the russians? we asked a man who oversaw the osama bin laden raid. he's out with a new op-ed in "the new york times." that's next. stay with us. connections all the time. greater
still the president continues to entertain erdogan and say well he wants to make a deal. he knows it's good for his country, but at the end of the day, he refrains from criticizing erdogan for the atrocities that have happened. we have heard him criticize lead ers in the u.k. with harsher language than he has criticized erdogan. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> what is the actual one concrete result so far as we can tell of pence and pompeo's visit to turkey today? no sanctions....
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if you are erdogan, who are you going to listen to? the sincere treaties of pompeo and pence or say trump just said something different? >> it's the heart -- this is what's so complicated about turkey. i do think they're going to have a challenge here. turkey lost about 40,000 people to terrorist attacks from kurdish pkk and puk-type activities, not related to the kurds that are working with the united states and syria today. but they don't see the difference. so if you don't go in and understand the history, why turkey is so aggressive on this -- on armed kurds on their border, to me, you'll never get to a good negotiation. you have to understand all of their pressure points. and we've never even talked about that. so there was that one time that there was talk in the united states about allowing turkey to go across the border into iraq to clean out these separatist, aggressive kurdish movements. that was years and years ago. and so turkey hasn't taken their eye off of that ball. unfortunately, i think the president just kind of caved
if you are erdogan, who are you going to listen to? the sincere treaties of pompeo and pence or say trump just said something different? >> it's the heart -- this is what's so complicated about turkey. i do think they're going to have a challenge here. turkey lost about 40,000 people to terrorist attacks from kurdish pkk and puk-type activities, not related to the kurds that are working with the united states and syria today. but they don't see the difference. so if you don't go in and...
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we have a great plan with president erdogan and it's going very well. thank you very much. >> the president leaving the room at the white house there. at the beginning of that, he said his chief of staff mick mulvaney had clarified. very damning statements he had made about ukraine and no quid pro quo. testimony not very helpful to joe biden on the impeachment inquiry, then the president going on to defend remember, republicans in the united states are weak when it comes to what happened in syria, by pulling u.s. troops and allowing the milita military to leave. we'll try to get clarification of what the president meant by this, that the united states had taken control of oil in the middle east. not sure what he meant by that. the white house said this was turkey's decision, and the president did not green-light it, but he said the operation i started is going very well and it's a strong positive response. defensive. >> it's to what we were talking about earlier, it's the disconnect between the rhetoric and the reality of the situation. the president's
we have a great plan with president erdogan and it's going very well. thank you very much. >> the president leaving the room at the white house there. at the beginning of that, he said his chief of staff mick mulvaney had clarified. very damning statements he had made about ukraine and no quid pro quo. testimony not very helpful to joe biden on the impeachment inquiry, then the president going on to defend remember, republicans in the united states are weak when it comes to what happened...
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turkey's president erdogan says the military offensive there has begun. hundreds of civilians have been fleeing the border in the last 30 minutes. according to syrian democratic force, america's close ally in the fight against isis. there is quote huge panic right now as warplanes have started to carry out airstrikes. those allies by the way say they have been abandoned by the u.s. cnn's nick paton walsh is right in the middle of it on the syrian border. tell us what you are seeing and hearing now, jim. >> reporter: seeing since we last spoke, i correct myself, much of the shelling we can see have slowed down. all the cell phone towers seem to be switched off from where the attack occurred. we had to move away. can i see what is possibly like another plume of smoke here. another barrage of shelling we heard at the beginning of this invasion by turkish president erdogan. it may have slowed where turkish state television is playing aircraft at a nearby base here. it seems preparing to launch the bombing run that you referred to earlier on. but as far as wha
turkey's president erdogan says the military offensive there has begun. hundreds of civilians have been fleeing the border in the last 30 minutes. according to syrian democratic force, america's close ally in the fight against isis. there is quote huge panic right now as warplanes have started to carry out airstrikes. those allies by the way say they have been abandoned by the u.s. cnn's nick paton walsh is right in the middle of it on the syrian border. tell us what you are seeing and hearing...
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troops pulled out of after the call between trump and erdogan. they are shutting the roads leading to that town or have been in the last couple hours. it has gone quiet. it's hard to tell if we've seen the theater part of a ground move or potentially for the cameras of the state media of turkey to my left-hand side. turkey is sending a message that it's not deterred from the broad critici criticism. i've been stunned hearing the different nations coming out and condemning turkey. how deep will they go? what is the prod purpose of all of this? is this a short-term move? they were the ones who rid this part of the world with isis. they did the fighting with u.s. airpower and special forces behind them. now, they're on the receiving end of a nato ally member here, moving towards them. we have to see what civilian toll comes in the days ahead. and the defense minister said he achieved the objectives overnight in syria, some of them. whether they speed up their moves or in this will play out. most importantly, president erdogan, despite the barrage of
troops pulled out of after the call between trump and erdogan. they are shutting the roads leading to that town or have been in the last couple hours. it has gone quiet. it's hard to tell if we've seen the theater part of a ground move or potentially for the cameras of the state media of turkey to my left-hand side. turkey is sending a message that it's not deterred from the broad critici criticism. i've been stunned hearing the different nations coming out and condemning turkey. how deep will...
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the fact of the matter is that erdogan has a troubled past. he has been very violent against the kurds. in fact, if he did not tell him to do that, he might have winked at him and gave him the green light, if you may, to go ahead and do this. i think it's horrible. again, we turn our backs on longstanding allies. this is bad for international relations across the planet, bad for nato and the united states and our lanongstanding allies i the region and the world. >> do you want to see the transcript of the call the president had with the president of turkey? >> of course, of course. i would like to see that. transparency is never a bad thing in government. i think the american people in government as long as something is not classified that will put the security of the united states on the line, i think that we should have sunlight and transparency as possible. i'm involved in these hearings. we sit there for hours and listen to testimony, to depositions. i think it's really an important process. and at one point when we're done with that, the
the fact of the matter is that erdogan has a troubled past. he has been very violent against the kurds. in fact, if he did not tell him to do that, he might have winked at him and gave him the green light, if you may, to go ahead and do this. i think it's horrible. again, we turn our backs on longstanding allies. this is bad for international relations across the planet, bad for nato and the united states and our lanongstanding allies i the region and the world. >> do you want to see the...
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it's important to remember how this all started with a phone call between trump and turkish president erdogan. the president deciding to withdraw u.s. troops from the region, opening the door for turkish troops to enter this safe zone, this territory, where the kurds were usually pushed out of if not massacred. the president drew widespread condemnation from fellow republicans, even going against the advice of his advisers. he sent the secretary of state, mike pompeo, vice president mike pence to turkey to try to negotiate with erdogan, ultimately to save face, kate. even people within the administration acknowledge that turkey got everything that they wanted in this deal. the president has tried to spin this saying it's a deal that the kurds wanted, which is clearly false. this is not a situation that the kurds were looking forward to. further, the president has tried to spin this, saying he was trying to bring u.s. troops home. troops are not coming home. they're headed over to iraq. the president here, no matter how hard he tries to spin this will try to say this is a success. by no stretc
it's important to remember how this all started with a phone call between trump and turkish president erdogan. the president deciding to withdraw u.s. troops from the region, opening the door for turkish troops to enter this safe zone, this territory, where the kurds were usually pushed out of if not massacred. the president drew widespread condemnation from fellow republicans, even going against the advice of his advisers. he sent the secretary of state, mike pompeo, vice president mike pence...
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and it is very doubtful i think that sanctions will change erdogan's game plan. it is well into northeast syria and has plans and troops on the ground and sangss will take a long -- sanctions will take a long time to put in place. >> if you see the announcement the u.s. is pulling out following his phone conversation with president erdogan, that statement was pretty bland saying the united states will not support or be involved in the operation of the united states forces having defeated the isis territorial caliphate will no longer be in the immediate area. what a dramatic difference between then and now. >> well because the president is hearing from leading republicans that like mitch mcconnell, lindsey graham, his usual allies as well as democrats that this is a complete and total disaster. and he didn't take the advice of his foreign policy advisers. he did what he wanted to do and what seems, if you read "the new york times," what seems like a kind of ad hoc phone conversation with erdogan, he decided on the spur-of-the-moment to do something to have this la
and it is very doubtful i think that sanctions will change erdogan's game plan. it is well into northeast syria and has plans and troops on the ground and sangss will take a long -- sanctions will take a long time to put in place. >> if you see the announcement the u.s. is pulling out following his phone conversation with president erdogan, that statement was pretty bland saying the united states will not support or be involved in the operation of the united states forces having defeated...
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erdogan coming listening to president trump? again, the sorts of things, brooke, you would think might happen, might happen, between the president and let's say a low-level cabinet person? not between the president and the vice president who theoretically meet every week and maybe some things they should talk about are getting on the same page. the answer quickly, is because donald trump changes his mind. mike pence says something, donald trump undermines him. >> you hit the nail on the head. thank you for that and the mixed messages coming out of the white house. more news this afternoon on rudy giuliani's legal predicament shall we call it? michael warren is with me now. michael, you have scoop. what is it? >> right, brooke. cnn reporting rudy giuliani is parting ways with his personal attorney shortly. jon sale. rudy giuliani telling cnn a few moments ago jon was helping me assessing the congressional requests, that subpoena request from giuliani the deadline today. giuliani continued, he, jon sale, my lawyer, will submit his
erdogan coming listening to president trump? again, the sorts of things, brooke, you would think might happen, might happen, between the president and let's say a low-level cabinet person? not between the president and the vice president who theoretically meet every week and maybe some things they should talk about are getting on the same page. the answer quickly, is because donald trump changes his mind. mike pence says something, donald trump undermines him. >> you hit the nail on the...
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bin salman, and president erdogan. he forgot kim jong-un, the north korean leader he says he -- they fell in love. remember he said that? the president of the united states says he gets along with all of them, one brutal autocrat after another. kind of makes you wonder why, doesn't it? the president pretty defensive tonight with the impeachment investigation going ahead at a dizzying pace. >> well, we've been in syria for a long time, and it was supposed to be a very short hit, a hit on isis. but it didn't work out that way. they never left. i spoke with president erdogan of turkey, and i said, got to treat them good. you've got to take care of isis. >> so the president upsetting his own allies right when he needs them most, right when he's got his back against the wall. the majority leader mitch mcconnell urging the president to backtrack saying this, and i quote here. a precipitous withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria would only benefit russia, iran, and the assad regime. and if that's not strong enough, there is thi
bin salman, and president erdogan. he forgot kim jong-un, the north korean leader he says he -- they fell in love. remember he said that? the president of the united states says he gets along with all of them, one brutal autocrat after another. kind of makes you wonder why, doesn't it? the president pretty defensive tonight with the impeachment investigation going ahead at a dizzying pace. >> well, we've been in syria for a long time, and it was supposed to be a very short hit, a hit on...
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as we heard president erdogan say earlier, nothing is going to stop turkey from carrying out its goals. the situation, while it's unclear exactly who is in control of what at this stage, behind us is the syrian border town of ras al ain where battles seem to be sporadically erupting between turkey, the syrian arab force it allied itself with on the ground and the kurdish fighting force, the ypg. as this is pushing forward, there are also growing concerns about the safety for the civilian population as well as what turkey's long-term objectives may be. many quite surprised by some of the moves that have unfolded, moves by turkey that extend well beyond, it would seem, its initial goals. turkey and its arab allies captured a key part of the highway known as the m-4. what this has done is effectively cut off crucial kurdish cities and towns from one another and also cut off u.s. military bases from one another, which is causing great concern among the americans. as one expert put this, there's one clear winner in this entire scenario at this stage and that is the russians. they are now ex
as we heard president erdogan say earlier, nothing is going to stop turkey from carrying out its goals. the situation, while it's unclear exactly who is in control of what at this stage, behind us is the syrian border town of ras al ain where battles seem to be sporadically erupting between turkey, the syrian arab force it allied itself with on the ground and the kurdish fighting force, the ypg. as this is pushing forward, there are also growing concerns about the safety for the civilian...
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dear president erdogan. this is a week ago, october 9th so before the president announced his troop withdrawal from northern syria. dear mr. president, the president of turkey, quote, let's work out a good deal. you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy and i will. i've already given you a sample with respect to paston brunson and i've worked hard to solve some of your probation. don't let the world down. you could make a great deal. the general is willing to make concessions they would have never made in the past. i'm confidently including his letter to me. history will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and human way and look as you as the devil if good things don't happen. don't be a tough guy, don't be a fool. i will call you later, sincerely, donald trump. so i have to say, i saw this letter and it was broken by trish reagan at fox business news, i saw this letter and thought it was a jo
dear president erdogan. this is a week ago, october 9th so before the president announced his troop withdrawal from northern syria. dear mr. president, the president of turkey, quote, let's work out a good deal. you don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy and i will. i've already given you a sample with respect to paston brunson and i've worked hard to solve some of your probation. don't let the...
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the operation begin if it begins, if the negative noises across the president have not put president erdogan off. there has been tension here. it's unclooer if they have the number at this moment as we've driven around the border. we have not seen those kind of forces readily vidsable, although much access is restricted around here and whether president erdogan has the stomach for a lengthy fight with an attrition of those who have done a lot of fighting against isis or whether we'll see a symbolic land grab to try to capitalize on the conversation he had with president trump, all of that really unclear, but so much geopolitics hanging in the balance. i have to tell you since we've been here, it's become increasingly obvious. we don't know when, dave. >> how far will turkey go. nick paton walsh along the syrian/turkish border. thank you. >>> boeing will miss its own target. a source tells cnn the assumption is faa won't unlikely unground that jet until december. that will leave airlines without the max for the busy holiday season. boeing had expected to plane to be back in the skies in the e
the operation begin if it begins, if the negative noises across the president have not put president erdogan off. there has been tension here. it's unclooer if they have the number at this moment as we've driven around the border. we have not seen those kind of forces readily vidsable, although much access is restricted around here and whether president erdogan has the stomach for a lengthy fight with an attrition of those who have done a lot of fighting against isis or whether we'll see a...
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erdogan believes he was part of a coup to get him. he wants him back. giuliani, all of a sudden, goes to the united states president and says, you should give him back. the question is why ? he says i wasn't working for turkey. who would want him returned? >> this right. as andy was saying, starting an investigation, i would think, asking a question. what is going on here? what was mr. giuliani doing? who was he working for? what level of knowledge did he have about what the foreign government authorities were trying to do? that's what i'm assuming that the fbi is trying to sort out. the facts are confusing. but that's typical with a counterintelligence probe because the adversaries are trying to make it difficult for what's going on. and the key thing here, one of the things i suspect the fbi is focused on, not giuliani per se, but what the foreign actors were trying to do and trying to assess whether mr. giuliani -- did he know what was going on? was he participating? what level of involvement did he have? was he a dupe being used by more sophisticate
erdogan believes he was part of a coup to get him. he wants him back. giuliani, all of a sudden, goes to the united states president and says, you should give him back. the question is why ? he says i wasn't working for turkey. who would want him returned? >> this right. as andy was saying, starting an investigation, i would think, asking a question. what is going on here? what was mr. giuliani doing? who was he working for? what level of knowledge did he have about what the foreign...
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president erdogan was a gentleman and understood it. without a little tough love -- you know what tough love is, right? without a little tough love, they wouldn't have made this deal. >>> how was the deal perceived in turkey? let's ask jomana karadsheh. jomana, good morning. >> reporter: no doubt. turkey is seeing this as a big win. they got what they wanted out of this meeting. and the military operation achieved its objectives. they finally got the united states to commit to what turkey has been asking for and what it aims to establish with this military operation, this safe zone, this buffer zone, that is about 20 miles into syria. and it stretches from the euphrates river all the way to the iraqi border. now, while they do have this pause in fighting over the next five days, at least there's this agreement that the kurdish syrian fighters say they've agreed to. there's so many questions that are out there. we do not know the details of this agreement. the kurds greeed to the cease fair. but they have not withdrawn from the areas. th
president erdogan was a gentleman and understood it. without a little tough love -- you know what tough love is, right? without a little tough love, they wouldn't have made this deal. >>> how was the deal perceived in turkey? let's ask jomana karadsheh. jomana, good morning. >> reporter: no doubt. turkey is seeing this as a big win. they got what they wanted out of this meeting. and the military operation achieved its objectives. they finally got the united states to commit to...
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. >> the president directly warned turkish president erdogan not to move ahead with the incursion into syria. they say withdraw of u.s. traoos should not be considered a green light for massacre. we have the latest on how u.s. actions and reactions are being perceived. from the halls of the pentagon to the halls of capitol hill, there is alarm about the president's decision here to give what appears to be a green light, frankly, to the turks. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, all the voices around president donald trump yesterday, they were all saying this is a bad idea. the two that count, really, are it erms president erdogan of turkey and president himself on that late sunday phone call. now, quite what level of latitude donald trump gave for potential operation here is unclear. he was very quick in a matter of hours to start suggesting that if turkey crossed any invisible lines potentially in trump's head that that could result in their economy being hoe blitobl. now, practically on the ground as donald trump kept saying we saw dozens of u.s. soldiers pull back from their positions. a mas
. >> the president directly warned turkish president erdogan not to move ahead with the incursion into syria. they say withdraw of u.s. traoos should not be considered a green light for massacre. we have the latest on how u.s. actions and reactions are being perceived. from the halls of the pentagon to the halls of capitol hill, there is alarm about the president's decision here to give what appears to be a green light, frankly, to the turks. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, all the...
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president trump said erdogan is a great guy. think of him as a nice guy as you give me your congratulations. >> through much work, we have done things that everybody said couldn't be done. today's announcement validates our course of action with turkey that only a couple of weeks ago was scorned and now people are saying, wow, what a great outcome, congratulations. it's too early to me to be congratulated, but we've done a good job. >> who's saying, wow, what a great outcome? >> i think russia is saying what a great outcome, i think turkey is saying what a great outcome, as saud aassad and isis. he said there there were some isis folks who were on the run they were captured. we'll see. i don't think there's any evidence of that. we'll also see what republicans do. it does seem like donald trump was able to quiet a lot of the evangelical leaders. pat robertson said he lost the mandate of heaven, for instance. we'll see what happens in congress. all sorts of sanction bills are floating around, both in the house and the senate, pro
president trump said erdogan is a great guy. think of him as a nice guy as you give me your congratulations. >> through much work, we have done things that everybody said couldn't be done. today's announcement validates our course of action with turkey that only a couple of weeks ago was scorned and now people are saying, wow, what a great outcome, congratulations. it's too early to me to be congratulated, but we've done a good job. >> who's saying, wow, what a great outcome?...
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president erdogan was a gentleman, he understood it, but without a little tough love. you know what tough love is, right? without a little tough love they would have never made this deal. >> a reminder to viewers. turkey has approximately 750,000 soldiers while the kurds have 20,000. what do you make of the president's analogy? >> well, first of all, i'm a bit skeptical of his theory running a good school yard. not the way i hope my kids are treated on the playgrounds at their schools but an appalling way to talk about what the syrian kurds have been through. they have lost thousands and thousands of fighters in a campaign against ice thais left americans safer here united states and a lot of people safer around the world from the isis threat fop suggest as trump did somehow some fighting, violence, would be helpful in resolving anything to this point for a people that's suffered as they did as ow partners is appalling to hear. >> good to have your perspective. thank you. >>> no details or apologies, awarding the massive g7 summit to one of trump's own resorts and refu
president erdogan was a gentleman, he understood it, but without a little tough love. you know what tough love is, right? without a little tough love they would have never made this deal. >> a reminder to viewers. turkey has approximately 750,000 soldiers while the kurds have 20,000. what do you make of the president's analogy? >> well, first of all, i'm a bit skeptical of his theory running a good school yard. not the way i hope my kids are treated on the playgrounds at their...
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erdogan conned him. trump did what erdogan told him to do, convinced it was the right thing to do, was shocked by the backlash, even from republicans who amazingly found some spine on this. and now he's waffling, backtracking. he doesn't want to leave forces there because then it looks like he folded. i think right now, while the kurds are under great threat, trump doesn't know what to do. and my concern is that erdogan, who has just been itching to kill the kurds, just slaughter them, may move pretty quickly. >> it also -- i mean the message it sends to other nations or other groups who might, you know, in the future -- that the u.s. might need to work with. >> trump has consistently attacked our allies, great and small, from nato to the kurds. at the same time, he has repeatedly and enthusiastically embraced despots -- kim jong-un, erdogan of turkey, el sisi in egypt, and let us not forget vladimir putin, whose birthday it is today, and who is set to profit greatly from the u.s. abandonment of the kurd
erdogan conned him. trump did what erdogan told him to do, convinced it was the right thing to do, was shocked by the backlash, even from republicans who amazingly found some spine on this. and now he's waffling, backtracking. he doesn't want to leave forces there because then it looks like he folded. i think right now, while the kurds are under great threat, trump doesn't know what to do. and my concern is that erdogan, who has just been itching to kill the kurds, just slaughter them, may move...
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. >> not jur for president erdogan but for putin. >>> the iraqi military announced u.s. service members do not have per in addition to stay in iraq. comments made by defense secretary mark says purr. barbara starr is at the pentagon. what does this mean for u.s. service members in the region? >> reporter: all those who crossed over it means get out of iraq. hard to see how soon that might actually happen. in an interview with cnn's christiane amanpour defense secretary mark esper tried to explain it all. >> we're conducting a phased
. >> not jur for president erdogan but for putin. >>> the iraqi military announced u.s. service members do not have per in addition to stay in iraq. comments made by defense secretary mark says purr. barbara starr is at the pentagon. what does this mean for u.s. service members in the region? >> reporter: all those who crossed over it means get out of iraq. hard to see how soon that might actually happen. in an interview with cnn's christiane amanpour defense secretary mark...