a great, loving husband and loving father. i love you so much and will love you forever. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you if for watching. president trump orders the withdrawal of all remaining u.s. troops from northern syria, left out on a limb the kurds have now made a deal with russia's backed bashar al assad. >> another big week in the trump impeachment push, the u.s. ambassador is expected to testify this week. and joe biden and his son hunter announce new plans as they try to manage the president's ongoing attacks over hunter's foreign business dealin dealings. >> tr good morning, we begin with

the fast moving developments in the middle east as president trump orders the withdrawal of all remaining troops from northern syria. the decision was revealed by the secretary of defense who says turkey's invasion has increased the risk to u.s. forces on the ground there. we get the latest from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: the u.s. is getting out of syria at the worst time, just as turkey is making rapid advances in its war against u.s. allies,ed kurd of syria. u.s. officials tell nbc news and they say the militias include former members of al qaeda and isis. it means turkey, a nato country, is using alleged terrorists to attack the kurds who fought with u.s. troops against isis for four years and carved out their own unofficial little state in the process. now that autonomous zone is collapsing, and as the turks and

their lismilitias push deep -- nearly all of the troops in syria are leaving announced by mark esper. >> i spoke with the president last night. he directed we begin a deliberate withdrawal. >> reporter: with no u.s. protection, the 2 million kurds in syria fear they'll be ethically cleansed by turkey and its militias. isis is seizing this chaotic moment to regroup. hundreds of family members of isis fighters today broke out of a detention camp. amid all this, president trump tweeting the kurds of turkey have been fighting for years. others may want to come in and fight for one side or the other. let them. >> reporter: and tonight facing an assault they cannot stop, kurdish forces called on syria's president, an ally of russia, to deploy along the border. it's the end of kurdish self-rule here, which they earned fighting alongside u.s. forces. a u.s. official told me it's a failure of u.s. values, helps

americans adversaries and gives isis a new lease on life. richard engel, nbc news northern syr syria. the "new york times" is reporting that turkish backed syrian arab fighters killed two kurdish prisoners over the weekend. we warn you that the following video may be disturbing for viewers. we have blurred the most graphic portion of it, a video appears to show two turkish backed fighters firing bullets at close range into a man with his hands bound behind his back. the video appears genuine, but we have not been able to independently verify it. the second prisoner who was killed appears in the video alive and wearing a military uniform, but he is missing from the group's later social media post about its captives. the captives were killed early saturday after a militant group, which entered syria from turkey took control of a main road through the territory and began stopping passing cars.

also killed on a main road through the territory was the head of a kurdish political party. kurdish officials accused allied arab fighters for attacking her car though a spokesman denied that card. >> the trump administration is set to impose economic sanctions for its invasion into northern syria. shortly after treasury secretary steve mnuchin's announcement, the administration seemed ready to start making good on trump's threat to obliterate turkey's economy. trump tweeted in part, dealing with lindsey graham and many other members of congress about imposiing powerful sanctions on turkey. treasury is ready to go. there is great consensus on this. turkey has asked it not be done. lindsey graham tweeted his approval writing quote, good decision by donald trump to work with congress to impose crippling sanctions against

turkey's outrageous aggression/war crimes in syria. turkey's foreign ministry said late last week turkey would retaliate against any steps at countering its efforts to fight terrorism. we're learning new information about gordon sondla sondland's expected testimony before the house. a source telling nbc news the trump campaign donor will tell congress he does not know why the u.s. military assistance to ukraine was held up, nor who ordered it. we're told he'll tell lawmakers when he texted the ambassador to ukraine bill taylor that there was, quote, no quid pro quo for an investigation into joe biden's son hunter, he will say he relied on the president's assurances in good faith and passed these along. nbc news has reported that sondland called the president before the answering taylor's concerns about withholding security assistance for help with the president's re-election campaign. sondland plans to testify before the house committees conducting

the impeachment inquiry on thursday. >> amid scrutiny for his ties to overseas businesses hunter biden will step down from a private equity firm. a lawyer for the former vice president's son defended his client's dealings with foreign companies adding that biden never anticipated the barrage of false charges against him and his father by the president of the united states. his attorney also announced that biden will resign from his role on the board of directors of dhr by the end of this month. biden would avoid any future work that might pose conflicts of interest should his father be elected as president. it reads under a biden administration hunter will readily comply with any and all guidelines or standards biden may issue to address purported conflicts of interest including any restrictions to related to overseas business interests. >> former jno one in my family e

an office in the white house, will sit in meetings as if they're a cabinet member, will in fact have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country, period. period. end of story. >> in addition, biden plans to announce a sweeping new ethics plan in light of the trump administration's ukraine scandal. the proposal calls for creating a constitutional amendment to publicly finance elections as well as placing a ban on log lobbying by foreign governments. the plan aims to create stricter protocols to ensure a firewall between the white house and prosecutorial decisions at the justice department. in advance of the formal unveiling, the proposals would ensure no future president can ever abuse the office for personal gain. >> in a swapping of roles, president trump is defending his personal lawyer rudy giuliani

following a "new york times" report that giuliani is being investigated by federal prosecutors in manhattan for potentially breaking lobbying laws in his dealings in ukraine. two people familiar with the inquiry tell "the times" prosecutors are examining giuliani's efforts to undermine former u.n. ambassador to ukraine mar-- u giuliani has ded wrongdoing saying there are no grounds to charge him with foreign lobbying disclosure violations because he said he was acting on behalf of trump when he worked with ukrainian prosecutors to collect potentially damaging information on owe know vich. president trump would not say whether rouudy giuliani was still his attorney but he defend defended giuliani on twitter, saying now they are after the legendary crime buster and gr t greatest mayor of history.

he is also a great guy and wonderful lawyer, such a one-sided witch hunt going on in u.s.a. deep state, shameful. after "new york times" reports trump has lunch with giuliani, he later continued his defense of giuliani's character in a phone interview on fox news. many. >> let me start by asking you about reports that rudy giuliani is now under investigation involving the ukraine, and there is some confusion as to whether or not you still consider him your attorney. is he your attorney? >> yes, and he's a great gentleman. he was a great mayor, one of the greatest, maybe the greatest mayor in the history of new york. he was a fantastic prosecutor. i know nothing about him being under investigation. as somebody said, i heard a report today. i can't imagine it. he's a man that looks for corruption and whatever he does i really believe he's a totally -- i mean i know he's an

honorable man. >> he's a little rough around the edges. joining us now from washington political reporter for the washington examiner, emily larsen. great to have you with us this morning. let's begin with the president talking about personal attorney rudy giuliani there throwing his support behind his personal lawyer, former mayor. how could distancing himself benefit his impeachment defense at this stage. it dunt seoesn't seem the presis doing that. >> certainly rudy giuliani is at the center of this ukraine scandal, and with this new investigation into him and with also some of his associates who are investigating the ukraine scandal being arrested last week on separate campaign finance charges, he's certainly becoming less of the person distracting away from the impeachment inquiry and becoming more of a

distraction for -- in a bad way for the trump administration and for president trump. so i mean, rouge has certainly been one of the presidents's greatest advocates and defended him in a very trump like manner in sort of the same kind of style we see from the president himself. i think that's one of the reasons why the president likes rudy giuliani, but at a certain point, if it starts to become a problem for president trump, it could benefit him to distance himself from rudy giuliani, so there is more focus on him saying maybe rudy was the one pushing the ukraine investigation into hunter biden, maybe rudy giuliani was the one suggesting some of these things. in that sense it could benefit president trump. perhaps there's a little bit of that going on right now. there are some questions about how close contact that rudy giuliani and president trump are in since it took a day or two to really figure out is rudy giuliani still the president's personal attorney, which turns out he is. but that is shaky ground has not

bode well for rudy giuliani. >> let's talk the upcoming debate on tuesday night. former vice president joe biden has voiced his concerns about how crowded the debate stage is going to be. what are some of the concerns of the 2020 front runners as they face the largest debate stage yet? >> certainly the largest debate stage is a concern for a lot of the candidates. they have already voiced frustration about the ten person debate stages. with 12 people there is going to be less time for kacandidates t get their message out there. another complaint we're hearing is from tulsi gabbard who has threatened to boycott the debate because of concerns about the format, concerns about whether the process itself with how they choose which candidates will be on the stage through polling and individual donations is unfair. she will be reportedly making her decision about that this

morning, so we'll see. but some other things that we're looking forward to in the debate is seeing how things have changed on the stage with this impeachment inquiry and also a couple other things that i'm looking for is how well bernie sanders and elizabeth warren interact now that she has skyrocketed in the polls and is essentially a co-front runner with joe biden. bernie sanders and elizabeth warren have been reluctant to attack each other. now we're seeing that start to break a little bit with bernie sanders saying she calls herself a capitalist while he does not. we'll see an extension of that on the stage. still ahead, new polling shows the state of the democratic race for president. we're going to have those new numbers for you. elizabeth warren intentionally releasing a new ad on facebook with claims she knows are untrue. we're going to explain the point she was trying to make ahead.

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welcome back, presidential candidate senator elizabeth warren ramped up her feud with facebook taking aim with the company's policy on political advertising. warren intentionally published a political ad on facebook on thursday that purposefully included false claims quote, to see if it would be approved. the ad claimed facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg had endorsed president trump's re-election campai campaign. the company has come under fire for allowing politicians to run ads containing falsehoods. in a series of tweets over the weekend, warren wrote this, facebook changed their ads policy to allow politicians to run ads with known lies explicitly turning the platform into a disinformation for profit machine. this week we decided to see just how far it goes. facebook responded saying the federal communications commission quote, doesn't want broadcast companies censoring candidates speech. we agree it's better to let voters, not companies decide. warren fig

warren fought back saying it's up to you whether you take money to promote lies. you can be in the disinformation business or hold yourself to some standards. those standards were in your policy. why the change. >> battleground polls show the 2020 race tightening in key early voting states and elizabeth warren extending her lead. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren has an eight-point advantage in new hampshire at 32% up five points since last month. joe biden following with 24% of support, and senator bernie sanders is down eight points sitting at 17% for the first time in the nation primary state. in iowa there is a three-way battle unfolding between biden, warren and sanders. biden sanders tied 22-22, sanders one point behind. all three sit within the poll's margin of error. biden maintains his over 20 point advantage in south carolina. 43% of democrats in the palmetto state back biden's 2020 bid.

warren and sanders battle it out for second place with warren securing 18% of south carolina democrats support. that is up four points in september. among democrats in 18 early primary and caucus states, elizabeth warren leads the democratic field with 31% of support, joe biden falls closely behind at 25. 17% say they back bernie sanders. and americans are also being asked about their top issues heading into tuesday's debate. once again, health care comes in at 87%. climate change staggering at 79%, an and income inequality at 70%, notably 52% said the impeachment of president donald trump is also a very important issue. you get a sense of where the voters mind-set is going into the debate. >> since we've been talking about the 2020 election for a

year or so, health care has been one of the most important issues. let's get a check on your weather. >> i feel like the chill is in the air. it's time to break out the winter coats. we've already had about three rounds of winter weather for the upper midwest. that historic snowstorm dropped over 30 inches of snow for parts of the dakotas. so that system has made its way to eastern canada. this morning, though, it feels winter like with frost concerns for the midwest. temperatures currently in bismarck at 26 degrees. when you factor in the winds, it kind of feels like the teens in that area. as that front makes its way through, these frost concerns will be a steady issue for the next two to three days, and they continue to really, expand in michigan where lows this morning, 20 to mid-30s, those do expire around 8:00 a.m. i do think this front will continue to push over. expect this for at least the next two days for the midwest. we do have this divide in temperature.

if you're in the northeast, mid-atlantic, the southeast, you're kind of getting a dose of warmer air, that mild air is going to be in place. look at new york city today. highs if you're headed to the parade were back in the mid-70s in some spots, but still that cold air is really taking over upper midwest to the midwest for the next week or so. and lows will continue to fall about 20 to 30 degrees below average. so we're very consistent to the west, but we're kind of having that seesaw effect for that weather pattern from the mid-atlantic to northeast. by thursday we do drop down to the mid-50s. so make sure you're taking advantage of the kind of warmer air that's really going to invade our space for the next 24 hours. we're also watching the storm system. we're under drought conditions for the south and southeast. we haven't seen rain in over three wreeeeks. this is kind of a welcoming site. you never like to see totals like this. the flooding issue is really going to be an issue from

louisiana to the carolinas where we could potentially see two to three inches. the warmer air from new york city, but if you're in the west, man, it's pretty brutal. sf >> winter has arrived. >> thanks, we appreciate it. still ahead, we're going to dig into the new numbers on where americans stand when it comes to impeaching the president. we have that new data coming up. ! great! here you go... well, it does need to be a vehicle. but - i need this out of my house. (vo) with fair, transparent value for every trade-in... enterprise makes it easy.

welcome back, community members in fort worth, texas, are demanding answering after police shot and killed a

28-year-old woman in her home. it happened just days after former police officer amber guyger was convicted of killing a man in his own apartment. nbc's sam brock has more on this. >> reporter: community leaders, loved ones, and the lawyer for atatiana jefferson's family want justice. >> she went to investigate at the window. an officer was on the other side who shouted commands, and before she had a moment to respond he shot her to death. that's murder. >> speaking out after police released body cam footage showing two officers responding to a welfare check when one officer calls for someone to put up their hands. >> put your hands up, show me your hands. >> the fort worth police department saying the officer perceived a threat. the officer drew his duty weapon and fired one shot striking the person inside the residence. community leaders don't buy it. >> she was in her own place, and shot and killed her. that is not only unacceptable. that's murder. >> there's no reason for her to be dead.

there was nothing violent going on. there was no distress at this particular property. >> reporter: even the mayor of fort worth striking an emotional tone. this is tragic and something that should never be necessary. a young woman has lost her life leaving her family in unbelievable grief. questions about whether the firearm found at atatiana's home was ever pointed at responding officers. another controversial officer involved shooting weeks after dallas police officer amber guyger was convicted and sentenced for killing a man in his home. the parallels not lost on those in fort worth. >> i called on the fort worth police department to stop this, stop the shooting first asking questions later, especially when it comes to our community. >> another heartbreaking story, absolutely like unnecessary victim there, and it just once again reminds you of what happens that needs to be tra addressed. there are a lot of issues still unresolved for members of all kinds of communities. this one is particularly

heartbreaking being shot in your own home. >> that was sam brock reporting for us. the latest from syria, we're going to get a live report. the latest in the impeachment push, what's happening on the hill this week and the new announcements from joe and hunter biden. we're going to tell you about those when we come back in a moment.

welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. we begin in syria where the

trump administration has accelerated plans for a major troop withdrawal. turkey has ramped up its offensive and nearly hit an american base. a former u.s. ally has reportedly teamed up with american enemies, and isis detainees have started escaping. defense secretary mark esper described the situation and the trump administration's strategy yesterday. >> it's a very terrible situation over there, a situation caused by the turks, by president erdogan. in the last 24 hours we learned that they likely intend to expand their tack further south than originally planned and to the west. so we know that's happening. we also have learned in the last 24 hours that the syrian forces -- i'm sorry, the kiurdih forces are looking to cut a deal with syrians and russians to counter attack in the north. we find ourselves as we have american forces likely caught between two opposing advancing armies, and it's a very untenable situation. i spoke with the president last

night after discussions with the rest of the national security team, and he directed that we begin a deliberate withdrawal of forces from northern syria. >> two u.s. military officials telling nbc news that around 300 soldiers will remain in the american base in southern syria, and multiple u.s. officials telling nbc news that the decision to withdraw troops was mainly due to turkey cutting off the u.s. military's ability to move safely in the area and without coming into contact with turkish forces adding that it is quote, increasingly clear that ankara is trying to drive the americans away. >> on friday u.s. special operations soldiers came under artillery fire from nato ally turkish troops. the rounds landed within a few hundred yards of the base and multiple current and former officials tell "the washington post" that turkey has known for months that americans were in that area. president trump is hosting erdogan at the white house in the coming weeks. turkey's defense ministry says the saulassault has killed almo 400 terrorists, which is how

turkey has described the kurds in that area. the syrian observatory for human rights reports that 52 civilians have been killed so far. between 800 to 1,000 isis supporters escaped from a holding camp following turkish shelling and reports indicate that isis captives may have escaped from a separate prison. president trump shared his thoughts on the situation yesterday writing on twitter, quote, the u.s. has the worst of the isis prisoners. turkey and kurds must not let them escape. europe should have taken them back. they will never come to or be allowed in the united states. joining us live in northern iraq, nbc news correspondent matt bradley. good to have you with us with the latest situation on the ground. give us a walk through on what is happening on the military front and what can you tell us about this new alliance that is emerging between america's former friend the kurds and the

fdf seeking requests from american adversaries, the syrian government backed by russia? >> reporter: yeah, ayman, it's been a crazy day yesterday. we saw a rot lot of events happg very quickly. you know, one of the things that we're seeing is this withdrawal as mark esper, the u.s. secretary of defense described it, that looks a little bit on the ground here like a retreat. as you mentioned, you know, the u.s. troops in northern syria came under artillery fire from the turks, and there was a whirlwind of activity in our office when we thought some u.s. troops might have been killed or injured. that doesn't look like the kind of behavior you see between two nato allies. and actually, you know, one of the reasons as mark esper mentioned why there's this withdrawal, and u.s. troops are probably going to end up coming here to kurdish iraq. this is that corridor where the u.s. normally supplies its troops in syria from right here

in erbil. this looks like a retreat because the syrians -- or excuse me, the turks have taken over the m 4 highway, which is the main artery connecting east and western syria. that really constricts the ability of u.s. troops to move around, and so that's one of the reasons why they're really heading out so very quickly. you know, you played that mark esper quote from "face the nation" yesterday. it's interesting because he mentions the syrians. he mentions the russians, these two u.s. adversaries that are now going to be in league with what was a former u.s. ally, the sdf, the mostly kurdish fighting force who was the tip of the spear of the u.s. effort to fight against isis for so many years. what he didn't mention, the iranians, one of the main adversaries of the trump administration has been trying to beat back with backing out of that obama administration nuclear deal in 2015. the iranians stabbnd to inherit lot of power between this deal with the sdf on the one side and

the syrians and the russians on the other, it's almost politically naive that mark esper wouldn't mention the iranians are going to be benefitting from this because they've been under writing the syrian regime. as we see all of these powers circling around syria trying to take as much as they can and take advantage of the escalating chaos in the region, the iranians are the ones who really stand to inherit the most here. >> matt bradley live for us. former vice president joe biden's son hunter is speaking out for the first time after facing scrutiny for his business ties with ukrainian and more recently chinese companies. kel kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: after the president's repeated taunting, joe biden fighting back. >> no one has asserted my son did a single thing wrong. no one has asserted that i have done any wrong, except a lying president. >> reporter: and for the first

time biden's son hunter is also speaking out through his attorney about his international business ties that have been weaponized by president trump. hunter's announcement and attempt to blunt those attacks, first cutting ties to a chinese investment firm. hunter intends to resign from the bhr board of directors on or by october 31st, joe biden pledging that unlike the trump family. >> no one in my family will have an office in the white house. >> reporter: president trump's pursuit of political ammunition on joe and hunter biden from ukraine triggered the impeachment inquiry. the president denies applying pressure. >> there's no liququid pro quo >> this week a key witness, trump donor and ambassador to the european union gordon sondland will testify before congress. sondland sent messages to other state department officials who raised questions about whether u.s. military aid or a white house visit were tied to ukraine investigating the bidens. sondland's text provided the

president's core defense. >> from ambassador sondland, there's no quid pro quo. he said that. >> reporter: but nbc news has learned from a source close to sondland that he will tell congress that he wasn't speaking for himself but relyiaying the president's assurance there was no quid pro quo. sondland does not know indefinite independently if that's true. another former insider, fiona hill who had been the president's expert on russia and europe on the national security council will testify today, and she is expected to say rudy giuliani and sondland side stepped normal protocols with their work on ukraine. ayman. >> thanks, nbc's kelly o'donnell for that report. while president trump continues to stick by his personal lawyer rudy giuliani, some white house aides are left on edge. a new report describes irritation with trump's orbit about the former new york mayor's erratic behavior. aides have come to view

giuliani's style similarly to the president with resignation that they will rarely be consulted before hand to develop a strategic plan and that any plan will actually be ignored. one aide expressed frustration for white house aides taking the brunt of criticism for not having a more coordinated response to the impeachment probe saying they were operating without visibility into what giuliani has been doing. the sources added that the general feeling among the aides is that trump has yet to fully grasp the extent of giuliani's side dealings and they hope trump will eventually sour on his fellow new yorker. american support for whether president trump should be impeached over asking ukraine to investigate his political rivals the remains steady. a majority of americans, 42% said trump should be impeached over his handling of ukraine, the same level as two weeks ago. that includes 10% of republicans, 35% of independents, and 79% of democrats. and over half of americans approve of congress starting an

impeachment inquiry into trump. that is at 53%. 46% say they do not. 60% said the trump administration should cooperate with house democrats's impeachment inquiry and 61% said the president should not ask foreign governments for help with election campaigns. >> political reporter for the washington examiner, emily larsen. some of the polls that ayman was ticking through showing somewhat steady with regard to americans' support for the impeachment inquiry into the president. how could this impact both sides moving forward? >> i think it shows before the impeachment inquiry, there has been a slight uptick over the last couple of weeks in the number of americans who agree that there should be an impeachment inquiry and support the actions of house democrats, but i think what these numbers are showing is that not a lot is changing right now and for republicans who do not want the

president to be impeached, that is good news. if there are more republicans or a larger share of independents who -- support among those groups increases for wanting president trump's impeachment, that could spell trouble for republicans in 2020, and perhaps sway some house republicans who are standing by the president this time, and sort of waiting to see where public opinion will go. another thing i think that these numbers show is that house democrats if they want to sway public opinion, they need to do a better job presenting their argument for the impeachment of donald trump because i believe i saw that a little more than half of independents in that poll said that they were -- found it unclear or somewhat unclear what house democrats arguments for the -- for sequence of events for this ukraine scandal was. in order to sway public opinion, i think they're going to have to stay focused on what their

argument is. >> let's switch gears and talk about impeachment and politics for the trump perspective in all of this. how has trump's impeachment battle affected his 2020 campaign, and could that pull the focus of the president's attention away from his agenda? >> i think it certainly pulled focus away, a little bit, i mean, we see the president tweeting about the economy and jobs numbers, but overwhelmingly, the -- what we see coming out of the white house or not the white house but his campaign is a focus on this impeachment inquiry. there have been ads trying to draw attention to hunter biden's business dealings, sort of putting out all of the opposition research that they have on him out due to the impeachment inquiry. the campaign is vigorously defending donald trump against these allegations, and so that definitely changes the equation when your candidate is under

scrutiny by congress for potential impeachment allegations. but it is still pretty early in 2020. we don't know who the democratic nominee is going to be. if it's not joe biden. that will definitely change the equation. if donald trump is impeached, that will change the equation. as we go forward in the summer, assuming the president is still around and everything is still moving forward, we'll degree see some change in arguments away from this political day-to-day and more into saying what he has done for the country. >> all right, emily larsen, thank you very much. >> nangthanks emily. outrage over something that happened at the president's resort over the weekend. plus, white house correspondent for reuters, jeff mason joins us with his latest reporting. we are back in a moment.

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aimed at the nation's journalists ask news media. according to footage obtained by "new york times," a fake video of president trump shooting, stabbing, and brutally assaulting members of the news media and political opponents was shown at a conference for his supporters. the video is made up of a series of internet memes and including the logo for trump's re-election campaign. the most violent clip shows mr. trump's head superimposed on the body of a man opening fire inside the church of fake news on parishioners who have the faces of his critics or the logos of media organizations superimposed on their bodies. it appears to be an edited scene of a church massacre from the 2014 dark comedy film kingsmen, the secret service. a trump campaign official released a statement saying that video was not produced by the campaign, and we do not condone violence. we had a chance to watch a little bit. >> beheadings, stabbings, the killing of prominent american

journalists as well as politicians. it is very disturbing. let's switch gears for a moment. >> and get a check on your weather. >> things have started to calm town for southern california. the fire threat has really diminished in the last 24 hours. the sustained winds in california only 15 to 25 miles per hour, but we're still at about 45% containment for some of those wildfires, so a lot of clearing that is taking place. but we do have a storm system that's starting to develop. this will be gulf moisture along with pacific moisture and really impact the deep south to the southeast for the next three days. we haven't really been seeing a lot of substantial moisture for the last month, so it's definitely needed, but we are talking about prolonged rain in that area. this will be a warm front. this will be unlikely to see temperatures really fall below the upper 70s to lower 80s, so we're well above normal for the

south into the northern plains here. that's going to continue as well. as this front makes its way through, it becomes more stationary, and then that's that increased flood threat by tuesday, wednesday afternoon. so i do think there will be minor flooding in that area with two to three inches forecasted from louisiana to parts of the carolinas, and then this system makes its way to the northeast. new york city, we're going to see some really strong storms by wednesday afternoon as that storm front makes its way to the north. get prepared for that. also on the other side of this front a completely different weather story. we have frost and freeze concerns for the midwest with morning lows in the mid-20s to 30s as well. these have expanded for detroit to southern michigan. i do think they start to make their way into the ohio valley. it will be a very chilly start. give yourself some extra time. they do expire around 8:00 a.m.,

but i think for the next few days, we're really going to see that cold air in place. so scattered storms throughout your week. that fall warmth will be in place for new york city, boston, washington, today will be in the mid-70s. that's well above normal. then we'll watch those storms by wednesday, and i really don't think it's too early to start thinking about the weekend. northeast we're going to clear out, dry out for the south, pretty quiet conditions, sunny and crisp. >> never too early to think about the weekend. >> i like the way you think, first hour of the day. appreciate it. >> thank you. still ahead, the big shake-up at fox news as president trump continues to go after the network's news anchors who challenge him. we're back in a moment. from the couldn't be prouders

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welcome back, fox news anchor shepard smith who routinely fact checked the president and his administration announced on friday he was leaving the network. smith had been with the network since its inception in 1996 and had made headlines over recent years for not following the typical fox news play book and actually criticizing the president. here's what he had to say on his sign off on friday afternoon. >> recently i asked the company to allow me to leave fox news after requesting that i stay, they obliged. under our agreement, i won't be reporting elsewhere, at least in the near future, but i will be able to see more of gio and lucia and our friends and family, and then we'll see what comes along. this is my last newscast here. thank you for watching today and

over the decades as i traveled to many of your communities, and anchored this program, studio b and fox report and endless marathon hours of breaking news. it's been an honor and my pleasure. even in our currently polarized nation, it's my hope that the facts will win the day, that the truth will always matter, that journalism and journalists will thrive. i'm shepard smith, fox news, new york. >> and president trump responded by citing the fox news anchor ratings. >> did you or your administration pressure fox news to get rid of shepard smith? >> i don't know, is he leaving? oh, that's a shame. is he leaving because of bad ratings? if he's leaving i assume he's leaving because he had bad ratings. he had the worst ratings at fox. >> the president echoed that on twitter. posting this, is he leaving due

to bad ratings. the daily beast reports that smith decided to part ways with the network because he was sick of being attacked by his prime time colleagues and asked for a way out of his contract. >> and the news of shep smith leaving fox could turn things around for the president's newly soured relationship with the network. the "new york times" is reporting that trump called the ceo of fox news this summer to complain about not being treated fairly by the network according to three people with knowledge of that call. the network tried to appease the president by suggesting he do an interview with brett by aer. trump calling fox news hopeless and clueless declaring their pollsters suck and the network is much different than it used to be in the good old days and that it doesn't deliver for us anymore or for the u.s. anymore i should say. trump came after fox news sunday host chris wallace tweeting somebody please explain to chris wallace that the phone

conversation i had with the president of ukraine was con gene yan a genial and a good one. here is the president fawning over some of his favorite fox news anchors at his rally back in minnesota. >> fox and friends, they treat us great. what a great group. ames lee and steve, and by the way, brian's gotten a lot better. sometimes pete hegseth gets on there. tucker's been very good, i have to say, he's been good, and the legendary sean hannity. and laura ingraham who's knocking them out of the park. maria bateroma and the great lou dobbs, how good are they. how about greg? greg used to hate me, and now he's good. judge janine. i'm just rattling some names off. they're just terrific people. >> we didn't make the cut. >> no mention? >> weird. >> no mention. it's a bummer. >> still ahead, nbc's richard

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president trump orders the withdrawal of all remaining u.s. troops from northern syria, left out on a limb, the kurds have now a limb, the kurds have now made a deal with syria. >> plus, another big week in the trump impeachment push, the u.s. ambassador who the trump administration ordered to keep quiet is expected to testify this week. >> joe biden and his son hunter announce a new plan as they try to manage the attacks over ethics and hunter's foreign business dealings. good morning, everyone, it is monday, october 14, i'm ayman mohyeldin, alongside yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin with the fast-moving developments unfolding in the middle east. as president trump orders the withdrawal of all remaining u.s. troops from northern syria. the decision was revealed by the secretary of defense yesterday, who said turkey's