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well he invited president erdogan repeatedly, on the phone as well, and president erdogan accept this invitation so it depends on the relations and if, frankly speaking, if there is any sanctions on the president of his family, it doesn't make sense to go to the united states. but the invitation is still there, so we are considering it. ok, you were talking about allies. who are your allies now? because the whole dynamics have changed because of your intervention. we have seen the syrian kurds turn to damascus for a rapprochement, syria of course, president bashar al—assad backed by russia. so that effectively puts you at war with syria, doesn't it? no. why with syria? we are committed to the territory integrity and we are just fighting terrorists and we have this right emanating from the international law, un charters, the 51st article of the un charter, and there are many un security council resolutions on counterterrorism, so also we have another agreement with the regime or syria. so our right is emanated from all this international law and the agreements and the resolutions. th
well he invited president erdogan repeatedly, on the phone as well, and president erdogan accept this invitation so it depends on the relations and if, frankly speaking, if there is any sanctions on the president of his family, it doesn't make sense to go to the united states. but the invitation is still there, so we are considering it. ok, you were talking about allies. who are your allies now? because the whole dynamics have changed because of your intervention. we have seen the syrian kurds...
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thank you erdogan. millions of lives will be saved. we don't know what will be said in this press conference, but we do know that vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are speaking after talks took place with turkey's president erdogan, the u.s. delegation is pressing for turkey to call a ceasefire with syria. i want to bring kristen welker back. i know i'm giving you zero time to report, but what do you know? >> reporter: well, i would stress the fact that that was vice president mike pence's big ask, for a ceasefire. we've heard that from president trump over the past several days. mike pompeo. and that is clearly what their goal was. so i wouldn't be surprised if that is part of what we're about to hear and of course they will get a number of questions because they are likely going to hold a press availability as they come to the podiums there. but again, this was the big ask. president trump announcing the withdraw of troops from the border of syria and of course we have seen turkey move in and of course the
thank you erdogan. millions of lives will be saved. we don't know what will be said in this press conference, but we do know that vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo are speaking after talks took place with turkey's president erdogan, the u.s. delegation is pressing for turkey to call a ceasefire with syria. i want to bring kristen welker back. i know i'm giving you zero time to report, but what do you know? >> reporter: well, i would stress the fact that that was...
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this is really erdogan's concern about the sanctions. the president heard that in his voice when erdogan called him on tuesday and the president was very emphatic. i'm going to impose the sanctions unless you abide by a cease-fire. he said we can achieve the same buffer zone used in diplomacy, we are trying to do in the first case before you introduce this violence. that's why we have the cease-fire and why we have the withdrawal and why we are finally going to get a buffer zone without any additional killing. >> harris: it is 20 miles wide, the safe zone barrier. 120 hours. they are hoping for a long-term cease-fire. before i let you go, you've been critical of the president's action. are you still critical? or removing the right direction? >> he made the right move here obviously. he deserves a lot of credit for it. he knows erdogan. that is part and parcel for this decision. i do still think strategically pulling out of syria, giving the return of isis and the iranians seeking domination, it's a strategic mistake i think we will regre
this is really erdogan's concern about the sanctions. the president heard that in his voice when erdogan called him on tuesday and the president was very emphatic. i'm going to impose the sanctions unless you abide by a cease-fire. he said we can achieve the same buffer zone used in diplomacy, we are trying to do in the first case before you introduce this violence. that's why we have the cease-fire and why we have the withdrawal and why we are finally going to get a buffer zone without any...
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and the president reiterated that in the call to erdogan today. we are where we are though in the ground in northeastern syria. >> and also on capitol hill. i think the president is in the broadest and deepest trouble he's been with republicans over foreign policy issue in his presidency and i think the tone you saw in this statement that he released today, talking about turkey being involved in serious human rights abuses, preventing displaced people from returning home, threatening the peace, security and stability. that was all a very, very different trump then we saw when he announced this. i think he is looking to try to figure a way out of this and the question is whether he can convince republicans that we are going to impose sanctions, that will do the trick. will really do the trick. >> bret: senator graham in that meeting, still going on from what i still understand, expecting a meaty statement from the senator's office. here is one of the senators speaking out for the president and his actions, senator rand paul and were presented of mi
and the president reiterated that in the call to erdogan today. we are where we are though in the ground in northeastern syria. >> and also on capitol hill. i think the president is in the broadest and deepest trouble he's been with republicans over foreign policy issue in his presidency and i think the tone you saw in this statement that he released today, talking about turkey being involved in serious human rights abuses, preventing displaced people from returning home, threatening the...
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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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president erdogan is making cmilitary gains but diplo losses. and herereis targets, syrian rcasesfoisvi h tes rrorists, desperatel second largestup against nato's arm they led the battle against i.s., now washington has left them to their fate. but the kurds hit back today, causing terror and casuaies, as we were a block away. this is the main strt in a turkish border town. police trying to clear the area ter what appeared to be mortar fire. >> we've just had two rounds ofs explns here in the space of only a few moments. the blast seemed to be inside this building. >> but then we were moved back amid fears of morencoming fire. turkey's offensive across the border in syria is now hitting home. this amateur video appears to show some of the casualties today. officials here say three people are confirmed dead, and two of them were children.ct we were expeg a response from the turkish authorities, and it hasn't taken long.ri we have been h explosions in the last few minutes. on the horizon you can see thee. dense e ack sm that is the aftermh of a se
president erdogan is making cmilitary gains but diplo losses. and herereis targets, syrian rcasesfoisvi h tes rrorists, desperatel second largestup against nato's arm they led the battle against i.s., now washington has left them to their fate. but the kurds hit back today, causing terror and casuaies, as we were a block away. this is the main strt in a turkish border town. police trying to clear the area ter what appeared to be mortar fire. >> we've just had two rounds ofs explns here in...
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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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he sent to erdogan urging him not to invade syria. the president did not wake up one day and tell erdogan you can have syria, he went into syria against president trump's advice and counseling and now it's up to president trump and the rest of us to fix it but i blame erdogan, not trump. >> bret: isn't it implied that there was a green light if the forces left the kurdish forces on the ground and it opens the door? >> it was a mistake not to push back harder but the letter he sent to erdogan was a good letter that implored him not to create a problem. we were working with the legitimate concerns of turkey with the white pg element that they consider a terrorist group. if they have legitimate concerns but the solution was not turkey invading syria allowing isis to come back and iran being the biggest winner. what i hope will happen is the relationship with turkey is valuable and worth salvaging, if i were president erdogan, i would listen to vice president pence, have a cease-fire right now and tried to put this thing back together bef
he sent to erdogan urging him not to invade syria. the president did not wake up one day and tell erdogan you can have syria, he went into syria against president trump's advice and counseling and now it's up to president trump and the rest of us to fix it but i blame erdogan, not trump. >> bret: isn't it implied that there was a green light if the forces left the kurdish forces on the ground and it opens the door? >> it was a mistake not to push back harder but the letter he sent...
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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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a turkish man connected to erdogan. that guy is being prosecuted by the southern district of new york. and the president of turkey does not want that and wants him let go. so you've got your gold trader and then the leader of a relimgs s movement very popular in turkey, a very outspoken erdogan critic. and erdogan absolutely hates this guy because he's convinced he fomented a coup against him. new he happens to live in the united states in the poconos of all places in the mountains in pennsylvania, and he lives as a legal permanent resident which is random. erdogan wants him extradited back, okay? so those are the two things that erdogan wants from the u.s. government, the two things he arguably cares most about in terms of specific internal u.s. matters. those are also the two things that giuliani we now know was personally repeatedly lobbying the president about. giuliani was that gold trader's lawyer, okay? he represented him. and back in 2017 giuliani traveled to turkey and held a secret meeting with erdogan to basi
a turkish man connected to erdogan. that guy is being prosecuted by the southern district of new york. and the president of turkey does not want that and wants him let go. so you've got your gold trader and then the leader of a relimgs s movement very popular in turkey, a very outspoken erdogan critic. and erdogan absolutely hates this guy because he's convinced he fomented a coup against him. new he happens to live in the united states in the poconos of all places in the mountains in...
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they gave erdogan the green light to go ahead. he would not have gone into turkey if we had not done that. what is happening now is the president said what does it have to do with the united states? it has to do with the united states because isis is not defeated. they've been removed from the physical caliphate but tens of thousands of fighters and hundreds of millions dollars of money and remain a dangerous threat. unless we want to send thousands of american troops to fight them we need proxies to do the fighting on the ground and that's what the kurds did. they lost 11,000 people in the fight against isis, we had six military casualties and two civilian casualties in the fight against the caliphate. we need them. we need them to keep america's boot on the necks of isis so they don't rise up like they did under obama in iraq. the kurds are not focused on isis but on defending themselves against turkey. you have turkey, which actually helped isis in the fight against the kurds, was aligned with isis and turkey just bombed a guar
they gave erdogan the green light to go ahead. he would not have gone into turkey if we had not done that. what is happening now is the president said what does it have to do with the united states? it has to do with the united states because isis is not defeated. they've been removed from the physical caliphate but tens of thousands of fighters and hundreds of millions dollars of money and remain a dangerous threat. unless we want to send thousands of american troops to fight them we need...
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erdogan fits into that category. like kim jong-un, like xi jinping, like vladimir putin, he makes donald trump's "good" list. every time president trump talks to erdogan, he comes out of that conversation with an erratic move on foreign policy that hurts our friends and, as gayle was saying, makes it more likely that isis will arise again. sitting there today, u.s. forces in the region don't know what their commander in chief is doing because essentially what's happening is he's getting on the phone with another of his strong men authoritarian buddies and doing some kind of deal that goes beyond anything those of us watching from the outside can understand. >> and the last time that erdogan was in washington, 15 of his security -- of his bodyguards were indicted, jake, and we've yet to see any kind of action. we wonder whether in november he comes, he'll bring those same people. >> and what were they indicted for? kicking, punching, beating up peaceful protesters outside the turkish embassy in wash. you could literal
erdogan fits into that category. like kim jong-un, like xi jinping, like vladimir putin, he makes donald trump's "good" list. every time president trump talks to erdogan, he comes out of that conversation with an erratic move on foreign policy that hurts our friends and, as gayle was saying, makes it more likely that isis will arise again. sitting there today, u.s. forces in the region don't know what their commander in chief is doing because essentially what's happening is he's...
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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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we would later learn at least one reason erdogan would want that to happen. the trader had politically damaging information about the turkish president. anyway, rudy giuliani was essentially pushing the president and others to help release this guy as part of a diplomatic agreement. prosecutors in new york were very suspicious about who exactly rudy giuliani was representing. was he representing the gold trader as he alleged in federal court, or was the fact he was pushing something to the top of erdogan's priority list really advocating for the leader of turkey? >> we should note that the reporting indicates there were possible multiple meetings where the president who was inviting rudy giuliani directly to argue for and lobby tillerson and others to intervene in the criminal case, right, and get it stopped? >> well, there is one bizarre scene, chris, which i have to give credit to the great reporters i work with "the washington post" for figuring this piece out. there was an amazing scene where basically rudy giuliani was in the oval office and the presiden
we would later learn at least one reason erdogan would want that to happen. the trader had politically damaging information about the turkish president. anyway, rudy giuliani was essentially pushing the president and others to help release this guy as part of a diplomatic agreement. prosecutors in new york were very suspicious about who exactly rudy giuliani was representing. was he representing the gold trader as he alleged in federal court, or was the fact he was pushing something to the top...
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erdogan, president erdogan decided to go forward. and i think there will be retaliation. there has already been some with sanctions. trish: talk to me about the power and might of sanctions. this is a president who has no problem using them whether it's tariffs with china or implementing sanctions on venezuela. what do he do to make life miserable for president erdogan. >> there are economic sanctions and psychological military-type sanctions with military cooperation with nato, with weapons. as peter navarro just said. tariffs work against nations such as turkey. i think there will be nato pressure put on turkey as well. they are going to do something against turkey. trish: congressman andy biggs, keep us posted on the vote. kennedy joins us with a sneak peek at what's coming up on her show. kennedy: hello, trish. i know you liked doctor derby. tonight it's ken dips court where -- it's kennedy's court. i will kick everyone out, the sanction people, and i accept bribes. trish: i will be watching. democrats turning on their own taking aim at far left frontrunner elizabeth
erdogan, president erdogan decided to go forward. and i think there will be retaliation. there has already been some with sanctions. trish: talk to me about the power and might of sanctions. this is a president who has no problem using them whether it's tariffs with china or implementing sanctions on venezuela. what do he do to make life miserable for president erdogan. >> there are economic sanctions and psychological military-type sanctions with military cooperation with nato, with...
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how does erdogan view the tension in the united states is? how does he see the difference between how the congress and the president -- i mean, there seems to be a bit of a bromance. does he see the president has a get out of jail card for him? >> hi -- [inaudible] i'd like the panel to talk a little bit more about the arrangement, two two arrangements between russia and turkey versus united states and turkey, how that will all play out. thank you. >> nelson cunningham, party associates. another intersection between turkey9 and the u.s. we haven't talked about really yet is golan. it's recently come out that rudy giuliani was lobbying for the extradition of guy land. people forget that, in part, michael flynn was brought down for work he was doing on behalf of that. >> thank you. you've got three issues. why don't we quickly each take one minute, if you could, to just pick up on one question -- >> sure. ifered or wan doesn't see trump as a get out of jail free card, then he's blind. every time he's called him, he's been able to bypass those i
how does erdogan view the tension in the united states is? how does he see the difference between how the congress and the president -- i mean, there seems to be a bit of a bromance. does he see the president has a get out of jail card for him? >> hi -- [inaudible] i'd like the panel to talk a little bit more about the arrangement, two two arrangements between russia and turkey versus united states and turkey, how that will all play out. thank you. >> nelson cunningham, party...
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i told that to president erdogan. i said don't hurt any of our -- any of our people get hurt, big trouble. >> so how is the president's decision sitting with military officials you've been speaking to, courtney? >> not well. here is the reality. this is not a surprise. the u.s. military and the administration has made it very clear that if turkey makes any kind of a military move into syria, the u.s. is not going to get involved, not going to be in the middle of it. president trump is receiving a lot of pushback including from members of his own party, close allies who are saying this is abandoning the kurdss, the syrian democratic forces the u.s. has been fighting next to for several years. they have been an effective partner and ally providing u.s. military security on the ground in syria during much of that time. but the reality is the administration has made it clear they're not going to go to war with turkey. if, in fact, there's some incursion -- if there's any military action by turkey, the u.s. won't stand wit
i told that to president erdogan. i said don't hurt any of our -- any of our people get hurt, big trouble. >> so how is the president's decision sitting with military officials you've been speaking to, courtney? >> not well. here is the reality. this is not a surprise. the u.s. military and the administration has made it very clear that if turkey makes any kind of a military move into syria, the u.s. is not going to get involved, not going to be in the middle of it. president trump...
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>> i think president trump and president erdogan have the kind of relationship where president erdogan knows president trump says what he means and means what he says and i think on the foundation of that kind of a candid and honest relationship, we can go forward together for a more peaceful region. >> the president's critics slammed that cease-fire, utah senator mitt romney calling the decision to pull back troops in syria a bloodstain in the annals of american history. >> the critics say why did you have to do this deal at all? it was your actions that precipitated this whole mess. >> i don't accept that. president trump was elected on a commitment to end endless wars. we are bringing our troops out. it was president erdogan that made the decision to bring his military into syria and president trump made it clear that was unacceptable from the very beginning. there would be consequences. >> according to reuters, the kurdish led syrian democratic forces are saying they are going to agree to the cease-fire. while administration officials are optimistic in the very early going, things
>> i think president trump and president erdogan have the kind of relationship where president erdogan knows president trump says what he means and means what he says and i think on the foundation of that kind of a candid and honest relationship, we can go forward together for a more peaceful region. >> the president's critics slammed that cease-fire, utah senator mitt romney calling the decision to pull back troops in syria a bloodstain in the annals of american history. >>...
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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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-backed forces, which erdogan vowed he would not agree to. let's go to a.b. stoddard from real clear politics, and nbc's foreign correspondent keir simmons. >> reporter: chris, we're still waiting for the vice president and secretary of state to give us a rundown of what exactly happened in that meeting. this news conference is now much-delayed. you pointed to the reason, we hear by all accounts, and we're here, we aren't with mr. pence and mr. pompeo, but we hear by all accounts the u.s. delegation is still locked in meetings with the turkish delegation. the vice president's meeting with president erdogan was supposed to last perhaps ten minutes, it lasted 80 minutes. i think it would be a mistake to try to understand or read into that exactly how it went when the two men met, and they were meeting for the first time. certainly vice president pence looked stoney faced, and said to president erdogan, thank you for meeting us. it has to be a good thing, i guess, in the sense that on the one hand turkey's and america's relationship is at rock bottom now, so to
-backed forces, which erdogan vowed he would not agree to. let's go to a.b. stoddard from real clear politics, and nbc's foreign correspondent keir simmons. >> reporter: chris, we're still waiting for the vice president and secretary of state to give us a rundown of what exactly happened in that meeting. this news conference is now much-delayed. you pointed to the reason, we hear by all accounts, and we're here, we aren't with mr. pence and mr. pompeo, but we hear by all accounts the u.s....
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and it seems clear to me, erdogan, turkey's erdogan is in the driver's seat. he is not listening to president trump's pleas, not to commit genocide. not to go after civilians. not go further into syria and threaten american forces. forces are having a hasty withdrawal at this point. we're deploying f-15 fighter jets as show of force against turkey, nato ally, threatening provocatively u.s. forces still deployed there. it is not a good situation there for us. neil: it was very clear that the president was surprised, incensed, that order, the overwhelming vote in the house that repudiated syrian decision, the aftermath of that decision, i wonder if it is still sticking in his craw. might come up with mick mulvaney's remarks. what do you think? >> one of president trump's biggest argument for his decision to do this, this is something he committed to doing for the american people. something he campaigned on to get us out of these enless wars but people have another voice, through the representatives in the house. it is the people's house. this was an overwhelming
and it seems clear to me, erdogan, turkey's erdogan is in the driver's seat. he is not listening to president trump's pleas, not to commit genocide. not to go after civilians. not go further into syria and threaten american forces. forces are having a hasty withdrawal at this point. we're deploying f-15 fighter jets as show of force against turkey, nato ally, threatening provocatively u.s. forces still deployed there. it is not a good situation there for us. neil: it was very clear that the...
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and erdogan and his regime. so i plan to work with liz cheney, my colleague in the house of representatives, and senator graham to move the sanctions package forward that will sanction erdogan and his inner circle because we need to keep that leverage on his behavior x. i draw a big distinction. if turkey is kicked out of or withdraws from nato, that is a huge win for putin. we cannot allow that to happen, and we have to draw the distinction between turkey as an ally as a country and the turkish people and erdogan and his regime. eric: and quickly, that legislation targeting erdogan himself, would it stop arms sales to turkey? do you expect that to hit the floor this week? >> i expect it this week. we're pushing hard on it, and it would target arms sales as well. eric: great. congressman michael waltz, again, thank you for your service and your insit and the action that you are taking on behalf of the kurdish people in congress. >> we have to stand with them, chuck. eric: good to see you. arthel: after a couple
and erdogan and his regime. so i plan to work with liz cheney, my colleague in the house of representatives, and senator graham to move the sanctions package forward that will sanction erdogan and his inner circle because we need to keep that leverage on his behavior x. i draw a big distinction. if turkey is kicked out of or withdraws from nato, that is a huge win for putin. we cannot allow that to happen, and we have to draw the distinction between turkey as an ally as a country and the...
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erdogan threw it in the trash? is that correct? he accepted the letter as null and void. >> woodruff: null and void? >> i want to ask you abg t somethse, mr. ambassador. you have said repeatedly that turkey is fighting terrorists in going into northern syria. but i want to read, thiisfrom an autopsy report that came with a video, and this is of a senior syrian kurdish politician, a woman, who was kiled in the last week during the incursion, and i'm reading, she was beatenn he head, beaten on the leg, dragged by her hair, shot in the head at clgeose rand then shot four more times after she fell to the ground. is this the method of themi turkistary? >> of course not. of course not. of course not. if there is anongdoing, you can rest assured that's going to be investigated. that reporting is flaavwed. wenever committed a crime or atrocities. >> woodruff: what were your troops told to do in syria? >> tavoid syrian casualties, to avoid attacking religious sites, anthcivilian population. >> woodruff: one of the factors a
erdogan threw it in the trash? is that correct? he accepted the letter as null and void. >> woodruff: null and void? >> i want to ask you abg t somethse, mr. ambassador. you have said repeatedly that turkey is fighting terrorists in going into northern syria. but i want to read, thiisfrom an autopsy report that came with a video, and this is of a senior syrian kurdish politician, a woman, who was kiled in the last week during the incursion, and i'm reading, she was beatenn he head,...
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in thie, i think erdogan is right. the concern he has towards the rrorist group is shared by many who oppose him. there is broad consensus among turkey's 82 milon citizen that this is the time for turkey to act. otherwe, a terror group across the country's longest land border in syria will estdelish an inndent or autonomous political entity. so in this regard, the timing is right, and mr. erdogan is right. >> soner cagaptay of the washington institute's turkish research program. ank you for your time. >> thank you so much. >> woodruff: stawith us. coming up on the newshour, elmo, big bird, and all the residents of sesame street celebrate ale one anniversary.ac even as iment consumes much of washington's attention,n the president well as his critics and supporters still its continued falleller's and william brangham is back to dive into a new book that re-examines ofe story with a tough tak some of the central characters that drama. it's part of our "newshour bookshelf." puerzenemem: in his new book, stewart gives an in
in thie, i think erdogan is right. the concern he has towards the rrorist group is shared by many who oppose him. there is broad consensus among turkey's 82 milon citizen that this is the time for turkey to act. otherwe, a terror group across the country's longest land border in syria will estdelish an inndent or autonomous political entity. so in this regard, the timing is right, and mr. erdogan is right. >> soner cagaptay of the washington institute's turkish research program. ank you...
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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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when they say to president erdogan, we want a cease fire, president erdogan says but your president, president trump, just described the kurds as some of the worst than isis. and i'm fighting them. so why do you want a cease fire? they might say to him, well look, this is not in america's interest -- interests -- and erdogan can turn around and say, but your president just said that if russia wants to get involved, that's fine. he's completely undermined his own -- his own vice president and secretary of state. and -- and they are trying even now to say that they'll ask for a cease fire. but at the same time, secretary of state saying that he doesn't want divide from turkey. it is -- it's extraordinary diplomacy if you can even call it that. just another point, nicolle, one comment from president erdogan that i thought was fascinating. today, saying the trip to the united states is an issue. we will evaluate after discussions with the delegations that are coming here. i read that as suggesting that president erdogan now is threatening that he may not come to the white house. the trip
when they say to president erdogan, we want a cease fire, president erdogan says but your president, president trump, just described the kurds as some of the worst than isis. and i'm fighting them. so why do you want a cease fire? they might say to him, well look, this is not in america's interest -- interests -- and erdogan can turn around and say, but your president just said that if russia wants to get involved, that's fine. he's completely undermined his own -- his own vice president and...
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the president sent him a very strongly worded letter which erdogan basically threw in the trash. i asked the vice president this question. based on his behavior, based on his action, can you trust him? >> vice president pence: i think president trump and president erdogan have the kind of relationship where president erdogan knows president trump says what he means and means what he says and i think on the foundation of that kind of a candid and honest relationship, we can go forward together for more peaceful region. >> the turkish foreign minister almost immediately disputed the way that the vice president characterized it. his press conference said "we got we wanted. there was an agreement that the turkish armed forces will control this area. the ypg will be collected, heavy weapons. we will put the operation on hold for 120 hours so that this between a four can vacate. this is not a cease-fire." going back to my question with the vice president, can you trust the sky, the vice president indicated there is a very big "or else" if erdogan doesn't make good on his pledge. it's d
the president sent him a very strongly worded letter which erdogan basically threw in the trash. i asked the vice president this question. based on his behavior, based on his action, can you trust him? >> vice president pence: i think president trump and president erdogan have the kind of relationship where president erdogan knows president trump says what he means and means what he says and i think on the foundation of that kind of a candid and honest relationship, we can go forward...
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president trump: i just spoke to president erdogan of turkey. we are doing very, very well with turkey. there is a ceasefire or a pause or whatever you want to call it. there was some sniper fire this morning. there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly. they are back to the full pause. david: despite reports that turkey is already violating the brokered ceasefire, the president is insisting everything is going according to plans. but can the turks be trusted? joining me is special-ops * veteran brett velicovich. the drones were used extensively or maybe still are being used. it's kind of a dangerous development in the history of warfare, i wonder if we are prepared to deal with. what do you think? >> the turkey has been using drones unlike i have ever seen before. they have been using them in this battle. when i think about the larger ceasefire the first thing that comes to mind cities what ceasefire? hours after this ceasefire was publicly put out there you had turkish backed free syrian militias firing on kurdish civilians.
president trump: i just spoke to president erdogan of turkey. we are doing very, very well with turkey. there is a ceasefire or a pause or whatever you want to call it. there was some sniper fire this morning. there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly. they are back to the full pause. david: despite reports that turkey is already violating the brokered ceasefire, the president is insisting everything is going according to plans. but can the turks be trusted? joining me is...
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president trump says hee takes erdogan's word. others aren edge about turkey's military push, including kurdish allies who have accused turkey of war crimes. the president's actions in syria have a o unleashed a firestorm of criticism from top republicans. >> any commander-in-chief whove territory back to the enemy that was seid by blood of our allies and our soldier is doing a gat disservice to the military. isisill most certainly -emerge. robert: joining me to discuss these quickly uolding events, ashley parker, white house reporter f "the washington post." susan dis, congressional correspondent for npr. vivian salama, white house reporter for the "wall street journal." and jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. vivian, covering foreign policy and now the white house, how are u.s. allies responding to this unfolding situation in syria? vivian: this is somethiom womh implications for countries around the world so a lot of concern growing, especially in europe, middlid eastern countries. at the ndf the day, a big part
president trump says hee takes erdogan's word. others aren edge about turkey's military push, including kurdish allies who have accused turkey of war crimes. the president's actions in syria have a o unleashed a firestorm of criticism from top republicans. >> any commander-in-chief whove territory back to the enemy that was seid by blood of our allies and our soldier is doing a gat disservice to the military. isisill most certainly -emerge. robert: joining me to discuss these quickly...
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he urged erdogan to quote make a good deal. you don't want to be responsible fourth slaughter of thousands of people of and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy, and i will. but the decision is dividing strategic allies and political allies at home. at a white house meetings congressional democrats accused the democrats of insulting speaker of the house nancy pelosi. >> he called her a third-rate politician. he said that there are communists involved, and you guys might like that. reporter: he suggested the pkk was worse than isis. ironically that's something president erdogan has been suggesting for some time. it's the latest example of the complexity of the alliances in the region, to say nothing of the conversations set to be had in ankara. fresh possible sanctions could be in tow with the vice president and the secretary of state. lou: kevin corke from the white house. our first guest was at that by part and meeting with the president at the white house. joining us from the white house. house mi
he urged erdogan to quote make a good deal. you don't want to be responsible fourth slaughter of thousands of people of and i don't want to be responsible for destroying the turkish economy, and i will. but the decision is dividing strategic allies and political allies at home. at a white house meetings congressional democrats accused the democrats of insulting speaker of the house nancy pelosi. >> he called her a third-rate politician. he said that there are communists involved, and you...
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i just want to thank and congratulate though president erdogan. he is a friend of mine and i'm glad we didn't have a problem because, frankly, he is a hell of a leader and he's a tough man. he is a strong man. and he did the right thing. turkey is a friend of ours, a neighbor of ours and they are a member of nato. and what turkey is getting now is they are not going to have to kill millions of people and millions of people aren't going to have to kill them. >> the president calling this a great day for civilization. but the u.s. just essentially surroundered a region of syria to turkey. and it's all because of his call with erdogan a week and a half ago which enabled the incursion to happen in the first place. george conway calling out the irony tweeting the house burned down, but, hey, the arsonist gets to brag that he put out the fire. let's bring in mark and former chief of staff to vice presidents joe biden and al gore. nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons. keir, let's start with you. you have spent a lot of time in that re
i just want to thank and congratulate though president erdogan. he is a friend of mine and i'm glad we didn't have a problem because, frankly, he is a hell of a leader and he's a tough man. he is a strong man. and he did the right thing. turkey is a friend of ours, a neighbor of ours and they are a member of nato. and what turkey is getting now is they are not going to have to kill millions of people and millions of people aren't going to have to kill them. >> the president calling this a...
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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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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 why did erdogan give this five day reprieve if that's what it is. >> i think erdogan realized he's getting everything he wants. i think he was facing significant resistance from the kurds and probably realized he wasn't able to push further south, given the kurdish military forces there. so instead, he took the five day pause which is really not a cease fire. it's an opportunity for him to consolidate his gains and faces the sanctions that the president imposed on turkey and erdogan were not very effective. they had little impact. in fact, the president has been resisting tough sanctions congress put in place over the years. paul: so erdogan did this as a kind of -- he's getting what he wants is what you argue and the president and the united states isn't getting all that much. what about the sanctions that are being developed in the senate? there was a huge bipartisan vote as you know in the house, a non-p binding resolution but still republicans 2-1 joined democrats to condemn the president's withdrawal. in the senate there's really stiff sanctions, lindsey graham's bill with chr
and why did erdogan give this five day reprieve if that's what it is. >> i think erdogan realized he's getting everything he wants. i think he was facing significant resistance from the kurds and probably realized he wasn't able to push further south, given the kurdish military forces there. so instead, he took the five day pause which is really not a cease fire. it's an opportunity for him to consolidate his gains and faces the sanctions that the president imposed on turkey and erdogan...
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defiant, president erdogan saying today his troops won't back down. now, president trump announcing sanctions will be imposed. >> president trump made it very clear that the united states is going to continue to take actions against turkey's economy until they bring the violence to an end. we want an immediate cease-fire. >> reporter: now, the radical islamist fighters turkey has sent into syria are accused of horrific violence. gruesome videos of roadside executions. many too graphic to show. one leading kurdish political leader, hevrin khalaf, dragged from her car and shot in the head. if verified, this is a war crime. as is the targeting of civilians. a convoy packed with civilians and journalists was struck by a turkish air strike on sunday. bodies and lives shredded in an instant. heartbreaking scenes from a hospital where the wounded were taken. a young boy in shock. "we're civilians and see what they did to us," this man said. we saw the suffering first-hand. this is one of many hospitals throughout this area that are treating the wounded. we m
defiant, president erdogan saying today his troops won't back down. now, president trump announcing sanctions will be imposed. >> president trump made it very clear that the united states is going to continue to take actions against turkey's economy until they bring the violence to an end. we want an immediate cease-fire. >> reporter: now, the radical islamist fighters turkey has sent into syria are accused of horrific violence. gruesome videos of roadside executions. many too...
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erdogan not to be a tough guy, a fool. he said, someone wanted this meeting so he agreed to it. he said, there are communists in syria and that the democrats would like that. he said james mattis was the worst, most over -- the world's most overrated general. he said he hates isis more than nancy pelosi does. and he called pelosi, the speaker of the house, a third-rate politician. pelosi did not take the president's diatribe quietly. she told him, to his face, all roads with him lead to putin. speaking to reporters at the capitol, she said, now, we, as in, i guess, the american people, have to pray for the president's health, because the president had a very serious meltdown. the white house, in response, tweeted this photo. speaker pelosi, the only woman at the table, standing up to the president, as some of the president's own aides and military officials bowed their heads. if the white house hoped to shame pelosi, it didn't work. she made it her twitter photo cover. joining me, associated press white house reporter, jon
erdogan not to be a tough guy, a fool. he said, someone wanted this meeting so he agreed to it. he said, there are communists in syria and that the democrats would like that. he said james mattis was the worst, most over -- the world's most overrated general. he said he hates isis more than nancy pelosi does. and he called pelosi, the speaker of the house, a third-rate politician. pelosi did not take the president's diatribe quietly. she told him, to his face, all roads with him lead to putin....
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one, did erdogan say i'm going to come in anyway? yes or no. >> it was clear to me that president erdogan was committed to coming in. he informed us that he was coming in. he didn't ask permission. it was clear to me that he was coming in. chris: but do you think that with 50 u.s. troops on the border acting as a trip wire and with u.s. complete air superiority over the board, do you really believe that president erdogan and the turks were going to just come through the border, perhaps create a conflict with the united states if we had stood firm? >> well, i think it's how you define standing firm. first of all, as i said, 50 service members are not going to stop a turkish advance. and i'm not one -- chris: well -- >> i'm not one to sacrifice them, if you will -- chris: well, turkey goes ahead, sir, ifty key says, you know, we're not going to take on the u.s., we're not going to take on u.s. fighters overhead, maybe we would have stopped them. >> i don't believe so. i think they were fully committed. that was what i took from my conv
one, did erdogan say i'm going to come in anyway? yes or no. >> it was clear to me that president erdogan was committed to coming in. he informed us that he was coming in. he didn't ask permission. it was clear to me that he was coming in. chris: but do you think that with 50 u.s. troops on the border acting as a trip wire and with u.s. complete air superiority over the board, do you really believe that president erdogan and the turks were going to just come through the border, perhaps...
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is this basically just a direct threat to erdogan? >> yes. it's a p.r. move. clearly president trump believes he's losing the public fight, he's getting a lot of pressure from the hill, both sides of the aisle arguing they want to move on sings. this is a p.r. move at this stage. >> hallie, talk us through what you were hearing. >> reporter: the president has been threatening sanctions for at least 48 hours since this turkish military action began. he tweeted and talked about there might be the possibility that he would implement what he described as punishing sanctions against turkey. so the threat of more sanctions, that is not new. when you think about what has materially changed between the spoken threat of the sanctions to the president and this moment in time right now. it seems like what has simply changed is that the treasury department, the white house has gotten sort of the paperwork together so to speak and i'm sort of speaking in metaphors here. it's not clear what it's going to take to activate these sanctions. is it the kurdish casualties, the le
is this basically just a direct threat to erdogan? >> yes. it's a p.r. move. clearly president trump believes he's losing the public fight, he's getting a lot of pressure from the hill, both sides of the aisle arguing they want to move on sings. this is a p.r. move at this stage. >> hallie, talk us through what you were hearing. >> reporter: the president has been threatening sanctions for at least 48 hours since this turkish military action began. he tweeted and talked about...
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erdogan reportedly found the letter ins iting. jeff, when you're at the white house, what motivated the president to do this, to send are there any guardrails around him? jeff: the answer to theti second qu is no and as far as what motivated him, this is pure i think some people when they first read that letter wondered if it was real becse the language was so informal and apparently president erdogan h al said, this isn't a big priority right now but there will be a response to this letter at some point. but it was trump being trump, ing language that he uses on aas regular with somebody who he considers a friend but also somebog who he was try to challenge, after all of the criticism that he himself faced for this decision. robert: so there's no one in the cabinet pushing back. alone?president based on your report? je: i think the president is largely alone, yes. ev someone like john bolton who has now left the white house was someone pushing back on thin like this -- he doesn't have that anymore. he doesn't have a john kelly. h
erdogan reportedly found the letter ins iting. jeff, when you're at the white house, what motivated the president to do this, to send are there any guardrails around him? jeff: the answer to theti second qu is no and as far as what motivated him, this is pure i think some people when they first read that letter wondered if it was real becse the language was so informal and apparently president erdogan h al said, this isn't a big priority right now but there will be a response to this letter at...
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turkey went in and there are people that are victims of erdogan right now. people that by the way, sir, fought with us, right? 11,000 kurd died fighting isis for us. >> trish, that is a sound bite i have heard' times. this is a proxy war. russians have mercenaries, the iranians have mercenaries. we had the fds which is composed of a lot of kurd. they were paid, equipped and led to a certain degree by our soft elements that are there. yes they called in fire. i would be careful of believing a couple clips that come in from that part of the world. everything has a spin in this world today as you well know. we have to be careful about embracing a short segment indykive of what erdogan is doing. trish: i know what they are doing. erdogan is not a good guy. >> i agree. trish: we controlled the air space. now we are like fine, do what you want. general keane said it was a small price to pay when you think about the cost-reward scenario. you want to make sure isis doesn't start all over again. we never should have gone into iraq. i'm with the president on that one.
turkey went in and there are people that are victims of erdogan right now. people that by the way, sir, fought with us, right? 11,000 kurd died fighting isis for us. >> trish, that is a sound bite i have heard' times. this is a proxy war. russians have mercenaries, the iranians have mercenaries. we had the fds which is composed of a lot of kurd. they were paid, equipped and led to a certain degree by our soft elements that are there. yes they called in fire. i would be careful of...
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time and again this president gives a pass to erdogan. but let's talk about what's happening on the ground, this surprise not just to the sdf, but to allies around the world, to the pentagon, to the state department, the surprise decision. imagine you're the commander in the field leading the sdf. you get a call at 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning to stand down and american troops are leaving your side, a complete surprise to that commander. >> and the first thing you're probably thinking of is all your troops and people you've had on the front lines are now exposed in someway, shape or form. they're going to be exposed from the turkish side that they could start shelling certain positions inside syria, they could advance. there's all kinds of calculations the turks have to go through before they take on that risk. but the green light has been giventor them to beg given for them to begin some kind of remote air strikes that we've seen in the past. but it ends the quiet norm that had been existing. the syrian government and russian backers have
time and again this president gives a pass to erdogan. but let's talk about what's happening on the ground, this surprise not just to the sdf, but to allies around the world, to the pentagon, to the state department, the surprise decision. imagine you're the commander in the field leading the sdf. you get a call at 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning to stand down and american troops are leaving your side, a complete surprise to that commander. >> and the first thing you're probably thinking of...
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people are trying to figure out what it was the president said to erdogan, what message erdogan received, and then what this bizarre warning to turkey means amid all of this confusion. so you asked what's the latest, people are scratching their heads trying to figure out what trump, what his policy is, regarding the kurds. >> richard, stay with us for a moment. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent hans nichols from washington, d.c. covering the white house and the pentagon as well. hans, good to have you with us. as you saw richard kind of lay out the confusion that has bee fallen washington as well as the region, let's talk a little bit about what the president intended to do with this because there are questions as to whether or not he was actually signaling to the turkish president that he can have a go ahead, but then as richard was saying, the next day, you and i were both on the air when that tweet came out saying if he does, i will totally obliterate and destroy his economy. >> reporter: so it's unclear what the president's initial intentions were. i think when you saw the ad
people are trying to figure out what it was the president said to erdogan, what message erdogan received, and then what this bizarre warning to turkey means amid all of this confusion. so you asked what's the latest, people are scratching their heads trying to figure out what trump, what his policy is, regarding the kurds. >> richard, stay with us for a moment. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent hans nichols from washington, d.c. covering the white house and the pentagon as well....
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and it includes erdogan. erdogan is strategically perhaps the most windfall there. because turkey is a member of nato and it is russia's longstanding aim to weaken and break up nato and turkey's continued membership with nato is very much in doubt. it should be added that turkey is buying russian anti-missile systems, which put it at odds. which compromise its nato supply of military systems and again put a huge question mark over turkey's nato membership. all of which is music to russia's ears. >> that's why a lot of people were wondering why the united states would do anything that would benefit turkey, especially after they bought those weapons as a nato member from russia. ed luce, we leave it there. >>> big questions about why traders made billions of dollars in profits at the same time as major announcements from the trump administration. just a coincidence? or is there something strange going on? >>> another look at the massive protests taking place in london. as a debate on the brexit deal is under way. many hitten the streets, they're opposed to the deal. a
and it includes erdogan. erdogan is strategically perhaps the most windfall there. because turkey is a member of nato and it is russia's longstanding aim to weaken and break up nato and turkey's continued membership with nato is very much in doubt. it should be added that turkey is buying russian anti-missile systems, which put it at odds. which compromise its nato supply of military systems and again put a huge question mark over turkey's nato membership. all of which is music to russia's...