and they won. ♪ kobani kobani >> but what did the kurds get for all their sacrifice? being abandoned. president trump announced with isis defeated, the u.s. was heading home. >> we did a great job, 100% of the caliphate, and we're rapidly pulling out of syria, we'll be out of there pretty soon. let them handle their own problems. >> the battle against the caliphate may have been won, but the war is far from over. >> the caliphate is destroyed, but is isis dead? >> no. no, they're still there. >> isis is making a comeback, and we in the west are the targets. these days, we're all stressed. (honk!) i hear you sister. that's why i'm partnering with cigna to remind you to go in for your annual check-up, and be open with your doctor about anything you feel - physically and emotionally. but now cigna has a plan that can help everyone see stress differently. just find a period of time to unwind. a location to de-stress. an activity to enjoy. or the name of someone to talk to. to create a plan that works for you, visit cigna.com/mystressplan. cigna. together, all the way. the

the city of kobani, again, left to face a siege. one of the major problems are these syrian rebels that turkey is getting to do the fighting for them. one u.s. official said they're mostly extremists, former al qaeda. turkey always said these were moderates who could transform an area where sunni arabs could live. they are terrified, often running away from situations where they feel they're about to be under attack. we see the ground here constantly changing. people packing up to leave from homes where they've been for years. it's terrifying, really, to see a new chapter in syria's civil war unfold here and the possibility of yet further blood shed. u.s. troops are kind of caught in the middle of this, precariously caught between these different emerging factors. the possibility that syrian kurds, who used to be their allies are reaching out to the syrian regime backed by russia to bring their forces in to fight for them. the fact the turkish are so much more aggressive and pushing further into northern syria than they originally s

a major town a syrian kurd stronghold is not part of the deal and we don't know about kobani. this is extraordinary. russia and turkey calling the

we saw pictures last night into kobani to help it for the syrian kurds.ts on the ground. the u.s. forces pulled out of their main base at the cement factory and had to blow up their disguarded munitions and equipment there in the base using f-15 air strikes. i can't all that. about ten years ago in afghanistan. all yieyes on the meeting next week. a lot of time, though, before that likely diplomatic solution for things to change on the ground. >> all right. nick paton walsh for us in erbil. thank you very much. pictures of those russians trodding upon u.s. bases. >>> the president called james mattis the most overrated general ever. we're going to ask a general about that remark and the global impact of the president's retreat in syria. next. we can go down this what do you think? ♪ woo! yeah! it's good! it's refreshing. ♪ at northwestern mutual, this is what our version of financial planning looks like. tomorrow is important, but she's only seven once. spend your life living. find an advisor at northwesternmutual.com. ♪ at progressive park! insurance the

we began a similar trip to kobani when it all collapsed. gunfire, horror. a u.s.ial has said they are mostly former isis and al qaeda. an american convoy pulled out and were quickly bussed by a jet. as we pulled back, turkish military vehicles pulled up to the main highway, turkey openly admitting it had taken a road most thought was far away from their plan. it was a defining moment, isolating american forces here. >> our thought was we had american forces caught between two opposing armies and it's a very tenable situation. >> yet those abandoned continue to bleed. turkey striking a convoy headed to the perceived border town. people said they wanted to do this but they never thought it would be this brutal. syria knew america would leave them behind one day, but nobody thought it would be so fast. they said they would retake as much of syria as they could, and no one thought the u.s. would make it so easy for them and their russian backers. 24 hours changed the way in which the world works and 24 more hours in which syrians bleed. it's unravelled so quickly now

military in kobani have asked for their help in providing safe passage. charlie d'agata, cbs news, in dohuk, northern iraq. >>> the u.s. house of representatives is showing support for the pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. yesterday it passed three bills -- one condemns china's intrusions into hong kong's affairs. yesterday hundreds of people gathered in hong kong to show support for houston rockets general manager daryl morey. earlier this month, he tweeted his support for demonstrators in hong kong. that tweet drew criticism from china and the nba. and this week lebron james weighed in criticizing morey for the tweet and its happy about that. they burned a replica of lebron's jersey while holding signs to support morey. >>> violent clashes erupted for a second night in barcelona between police and protesters. [ chants ] protesters are angry about the conviction of cataland separatist leaders. monday, leaders were jailed after being found guilty of crimes against the government. some demonstrations have turned violent. spain has launched an investig

military in kobani have actually asked for their help in providing safe passage. >> o'donnell: that's how complicated this is. wet b imargarrar of "faheation" so, margaret, th president, and the secretary of state, are going to turkey to call an end to the bloodshed, yet the turkish president said he will never agree to a cease-fire. so what is the president's strategy? >> reporter: norah, there is no broader strategy. officials i have spoken with have told me that the president doesn't appreciate the implications of his decision to quickly pull back, pull out of syria. and, in fact, some members of his national security team described it as a demolition of gis. power in the region. that only benefits russia, the assad regime, iran, and isis dcause it further destabilizes the region. now, the administration does recognize the sanctions it put on turkey yesterday have not stopped turkey at all, but they did get president erdogan'serhae agreo take a team of u.s. negotiators, including vicesohen this cease-fire. it's not clear what it would look like, only certain that russia will have t

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we are on the highway leading to kobani where a large number of troops are based nearby.e leaving, so many kurds. this is a region where there is absolute upheaval and panic. the road to kob arkkobani tellsw savage this road is and where it's going. here syrian rebels with turkish backing, a gruesome killing along the line. in a huge camp, there is panic. gunfire up ahead. families in disarray. there are heavy clashes there, he says. what do you want from us? they're coming and they'll take everything. m there are no enemies here, only americans, and they are leaving. just down the road, this patrol coming out. they won't talk to us, but clearly, americans still active in areas around the syrian kurds. if they leave, turkey has bold ambition to go anywhere. sending a message once the kurds and the americans leave. but the arrival of two u.s. apache helicopters show the americans are not ready to do that just yet, despite trump's intent to leave. >> in kobani where they have some of their troops based has been cut off. there are checkpoints just outside that town and we ha

it was moving in on the turkish border on the town of kobani. the only fighters who stood in its way, who held their ground against all odds, were exactly the same kurds that trump just betrayed. they held out from september to january, eventually with substantial american support, but everybody else had fled. the iraqi army had fled in iraq. the syrian army wasn't fighting them. in fact, bashar al assad had released a lot of them from prison in the first place. all of that happened, and only the kurds held out. if they had not held out in kobani, the entire course of that war would have gone in favor of isis. and what's happening now, trump is saying to the kurds, you give up kobani because the turks want it now. >> and, chris, when you were here in new york, what, no more than three weeks ago, our conversation was about the general crumbling of alliances that you hear on a first-wave basis over there. is this part of that plot line? >> reporter: of course it is. this is a question of whether you can trust the united states. you go. you fight s

syrian forces entering kobani, where syria fought to kick isis out. now, russia and the regime are the new protectors from america's nato ally. five days potentially ahead of us, now, where people try to consolidate on the battle line. the town of kobani is symbolic. the russian flags are in that city, too. and turkey, who need that town to secure the border area they need so badly as part of their strategy. 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 sa

he hasn't been around the kobani area for years.obviously, of course, a huge boost, all of this, for president putin. this is a gift to russia. president putin is getting exactly what he always wanted. he's getting syrian control of the northeast of the country, at least parts of it. and he's getting u.s. troops out of syria. it is also, of course, a boost for iran. just one other thing worth mentioning. we can talk about those reports of atrocities, which are coming in. there was an interesting news conference from -- or address from president erdogan of turkey today, in which he appeared to rebuke the united states. he -- remember, the u.s. had threatened economic sanctions against syria. erdogan said, those who think they can make turkey turn back its offensive with these threats are gravely mistaken. you know, in terms of u.s. diplomacy and foreign policy, today isn't a great day, alex. >> you know what, bill, i'm going to use a tweet that you put out here and you use the brevity of twitter to put out your thoughts on this. if w

this is outside a cement factory in kobani which was u.s. headquarters in the fight against isis. they will be pulling out today circulating movements to this base from hasika from which i understand they will continue their journey at some point in the hours and days ahead into iraqi kurdistan. that is where they will deploy potentially to attack isis or this broader moompvement as a whole. this is the largest ground movement they've done since they've been in syria and is deeply symbolic for those troops. it kind of brings an end, to some degree, these last couple of weeks. it's an honor to be moving, because remember, there is an expanding changing presence of the regime here. sometimes acting as peacekeepers and then this enormous syrian rebel force backed by turkey which is moving around, taking areas of the syrian kurds. a changing dynamic here today, but the key one here today, u.s. troops in a large withdrawal, essentially the big withdrawal here, which got underway at some point today and will continue in the hours and days ahead. a very symbolic moment for those soldiers

pro-turkish forces have cut off a key road leading to kobani. kobani, a largely kurdish city where troops have been based. >>> let's get the context with bob baer, cnn's intelligence and security analyst. also a former cia operative. it's good to have you with us. >> thanks. >> so, bob, as the turkish military continues to push into syria, many of the kurdish fighters who once fought alongside u.s. troops to defeat isis, they now find themselves targeted by another u.s. ally, turkey. and with americans leaving now, the kurds are turning to the syrian army for a deal even considering russian forces to protect them. how does that strike you to hear the kurds say that america betrayed them, that america sold them out? >> well, george, it's absolutely right. i mean, let's not forget the kurds did most of the fighting against the islamic state and beat them. drove them into the ground. and now as soon as we're done with them, we're abandoning them to the turks, to turkish air power. not only that, but we're abandoning them to turkish syrian allies wh

we saw a woman holding her baby crying, her dead baby, saying we fled kobani. i nowsband died in kobani her daughter died at the hands of kurdish forces cooperating with the jihadists and isis. iss, the loss they suffer 11,000 people. 11,000 people fighting against isis were killed. so the major losses -- on amy: in northern syria. >> in northern syria. trump, as we know historically, there is the role of europe by colonizing this region of the world by separating kurds into four different nationstates. builde not able to international solidarity to protect come to do something against this colonization over the century. and then this is important because then the u.s. -- it is important to say that when he says we don't have a responsibility, it is not our fault, who created the jihadis? who created i says? who made it in such a big threat to the world in the first place? we need to understand the u.s. involvement -- amy: explain. >> if you look at it, europe, first, because it was the earlyzing agent of the construction of this region and early separation of

forces in kobani in the west. >> far beyond what the u.s. officials expect., thank you. >>> a staff writer for "the atlanta" is with us, mike gagliano. thank you for being with you also. i want to get your assessment of what you heard and saw there from nick paton walsh. >> i think what he is saying is unfortunately predictable. this chaos and abandonment leading to a violent situation was all foreseen ahead of trump's decision and to see it playing out is disheartening and we are waiting for some move by the u.s. government to try to control it but we haven't seen it yet. >> "the new york times" has an article today talking about the facts that to some capacity and to many, this is seen the u.s. pulling the troops a seen as a betrayal of the american partner. i want to read this. have left allies guessing where the united states stands and for how long. what position has this left the u.s. in, particularly even with other foreign governments? >> that is really well put and if you think about the way this decision played out in syria it was not planned in any

this also includes an agreement by turkey to engage in no military action against the community of kobani. and in addition, the united states and turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone, working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defines this border region of syria. in addition to the settlement today with the ceasefire, turkey and the united states mutually committed to the defeat isis activities in northeast syria. this will also include an agreement renewed today to coordinate efforts on detention facilities and internally displaced persons in formerly isis-controlled areas. also, turkey and the united states agreed on the priority of respecting vulnerable human life, human rights, and particularly the protection of religious and ethnic communities in the region. i spoke to president trump just a few moments ago and i know the president is very grateful for president erdogan's willingness to step forward and to enact this ceasefire and to give an opportunity for a peaceful solution of this conflict that commence

military con an air strike to destroy weapons in another base of kobani where u.s. and kurdish forces first worked together to drive out isis. now the russians have moved into the area to help kurdish fighters battle a turkish invasion. >> if russia's going to help in protecting the kurds, that's a good thing, not a bad thing. >> reporter: president trump defended the u.s. withdrawal yesterday at the white house. >> i'm not going to get involved in a war between turkey and syria, especially when if you look at the kurds -- and again, i say this with great respect -- they're no angels. >> reporter: a bipartisan majority of the house voted to condemn the president's decision to yeas are 364 -- >> reporter: nancy pelosi said the president was visibly shaken by the house rebuke during a bipartisan meeting at the white house. >> what we witnessed on the part of the president was a meltdown. >> reporter: pelosi and other top democrats walked out of the meeting claiming the president was insulting them. >> the other democrats stayed and had a very productive meeting. >> re

, we are going to hold the erdogan personally accountable. >> bret: you mentioned kobani, why is thatficant? >> it's the washington, d.c., for the kurds, the curbs help us destroy isis, 60,000 arabs were mostly kurds went into raqqa, they died by the thousands, we owe it to not abandon them. if we abandon the kurds and they have to fight turkey, these 10,000 isis fighters will break loose and that will be on president trump's watch. if we can get turkey to stop and get them out of syria, we can protect the turkish interest between the kurds and turkey and we can keep iran from coming in. what i worry about the most tonight is iran is about to move into northeastern syria and take over the oil fields and that would be a great boost for the iranian economy. i'm urging president trump to send some american military personnel to the northeastern syrian oilfields to protect it from an iranian takeover. >> bret: let me get this straight, you're supporting president trump but you don't like how this happened or how the process happened, like the letter that he sent but not how this all unfol

turkish president let it slip he wouldn't object to moscow ally to move into sensitive areas like kobaniweek controlling areas where the syrian kurds were. so with the u.s. leaving, the road map for that meeting is clear as are the new power brokers in syria for all to see. >> jake, the real deal was done before that announcement in ankara and that is when the syrian kurds allowed the syrian regime blocking so much more of pro-turkish forces advance and that is in 90 hours from now in that meeting in sochi between president erdogan and president putin where we'll see the new lines of what this week of utter chaos really means. sadly i think for most in the region, it is just that u.s. under this current administration is flippant about decisions here and an ally who could be fleeting at best, jake. >> nick payton walsh in the region. stay safe. thank you for that report. let's chew over this. kaitlan, you travelled with vice president pence to turkey. what are your sources telling us whether or not this is a good deal. a lot of people is saying it looked like turkey got everything they w

>> that the general's own hometown would be safe. >> that general's hometown, by the way, called kobani, that place has not been directly under attack, but it has been strangled. many people have left and we've heard just in the last several hours that syrian government forces backed by russia moved into that town. so the generals, i asked the general, is the president keeping his word to you that kurdish areas would be safe? and he said, well, i think the president wants to keep his promise, but if you look at what is happening on the ground, he is not. and i said, who's the biggest beneficiary of all this? he said russia is the biggest beneficiary of all this. so the kurdish commander here saying the president didn't live up to his word as right now there is this campaign, this exodus from kurdish areas. some people heading into government-controlled areas, areas controlled by the asaw regime, some heading to the iraqi border and the turkish advance continuing. even though there is this diplomatic mission of vice president pence and the secretary of state heading to turk why i to try

. >> reporter: the president said the commander of kurdish forces in syria general kobani went so far to thank him could not have been more thankful. >> reporter: he said we thank president trump for his tireless efforts that stopped the brutal turkish attack hours later russian tv aired the same thanking vladimir putin today on a video conference. the kurds who tell us they feel betrayed by president trump now don't know who to trust. they were demonstrating today to say their homeland is being carved up and they have no friends to count on. >> richard joins us from syria some republicans tonight are criticizing the decision to lift sanctions against turkey what are you hearing there >> reporter: the kurds say it looks like everyone is being rewarded but them. turkey is getting sanctions lifted and russia is getting a piece of land and the kurds that fought against isis lost lives fighting with american troops, their reward is to lose their homeland lester >> richard engel tonight, thank you. >>> also developing this evening, the severe threat of new wildfires in california prompting

and it is really the story of syria right now in kobani. the base above it that was occupied by the u.s. forces, well, they have left. and now kobani is waiting for russian-backed syrian troops. president asaad's troops to arrive there. the race is on right now across syria to grab land both on behalf of president asaad and on behalf of president erdogan. whether or not that land grab is intended to try and keep that land or whether it is for negotiation, that is a good question. another fear and question right now is whether those two sides, president asaad's side and president erdogan's side end up clashing because they are, of course, foes. looking over all of this is president putin who has the ability to pick up the phone to both leaders and so another scenario here is that president putin ends up with the peacemaker. agreeing a deal where both sides take factions. squeezed between all of this, of course, the former u.s. allies, we have to say former now, the kurds who have raced to do a deal with damascus to try to survive. and the u.

i'm drawn to the words of a commander, kurdish commander based in kobani on the night that they announced the sdf was forming an alliance with bashar al assad. his message there was to say, look, we tried, we tried our best. stand up for ed to be this women's rights, for democratic principles, but now suddenly finding themselves having to make an alliance with a regime, a dictatorship because of american betrayal, and that is a message that has resonated far and wide within this region, and i think the repercussions of that we have yet to see. >> erin, thank you. do stand by for me again, if you can. we have been given a two-minute warning here, president trump expected to take to the podium there in the diplomatic room at the white house any moment now. he announced via tweet a couple hours ago he would be making some remarks on syria. the remarks, of course, coming after widespread and bipartisan criticism over our troop withdrawal there and what would appear to be arguably a shifting of alliances there in that part of the world. kristen welker is standing by for me as well? kristen, go

importantly, it is also unclear what will happen in two major kurdish towns, kobani near which russians fly which pence said would not be attacked and where celebratory gun fire greeted the deal thursday night. hardly the sound of withdrawal. president erdogan's officials seemed delighted with the deal. >> translator: if the u.s. can keep their promises by tuesday night when this 120 hours of cease-fire is over, but if these promises will not be realized our operation appease spring will continue more rapidly than before. 120 hours were how long from the announcement until erdogan meets russian president vladimir putin in sochi. the turkish president letting slip he wouldn't object to moscow's ally the syrian regime who moved into sensitive areas like kobani this week controlling areas where the syrian kurds were. so with the u.s. leaving the road map for that meeting is clear. as are the new power brokers in syria for all to see. >>> british prime minister boris johnson suffering yet another bruising setback after lawmakers didn't approve his brexit deal. what that means for the uk an

if you think that this started in the summer of 2014, in the fight against kobani, a town nobody had heard of before the fact that this group of -- this band of kurds that people didn't really know who they were, then joined by folks from the free syrian army and folks from the iraqi, kurdish side who came together to fight the islamic state on the ground while the americans came from the air. this was the first time they handed a real defeat to the islamic state. so this is a moment that is five years, a half-decade in the making. >> gayle, thank you. that was gayle lemmon of the council on foreign relations. i'd like to go now to katie bow williams, reporter from defense one. katie, what are you hearing about this latest news? >> yeah, i started getting indications that this operation was under way and that baghdadi was the target certainly earlier this evening. what we're hearing right now is that this was originally intended to be a capture mission, but that baghdadi actually detonated a suicide belt that he was wearing at the time in order to actually prevent his own capture. an

after the white house said it would no longer tolerate turkey's assault tonight i spoke to general kobani, commander of all kurdish forces here. he says president trump promised him last night he'd stop the turkish onslaught. do you think that president trump will keep his word to you? "he wants to keep his promise," he says, "but if you look at what's happening, it's not as he said." the general accused turkey of pursuing a deliberate campaign to ethnically cleanse two million kurds here and the turkish army is using extremist militias which officials say include former isis members to drive people away or kill them. so the kurds who fought with american forces against isis have turned to russia and its ally, the syrian army of bashar al assad to save them. why did you decide to realign with the syrian government he says "i can say it was the best of bad options. tonight president trump is sending vice president pence to negotiate with turkey and is threatening tougher economic sanctions. but turkey's president just said the sanctions don't worry him. lester >> richard engel in syria ton

. >> reporter: kurdish commander mazloum kobani accepted the agreement and said his forces will do what'secessary to make it work. for the past week, turkish artillery and air strikes have rained down on kurdish forces ces the civilian population flike, dozens of people killed, as many as 200,000 displaced. >> o'donnell: charlie joins us tonight from dohuk. so, charlie, where does this thee the u.s. military in the r: reporter: well, norah, cbs news has learned the pentagon has had no change to their withdrawal plan and no direction on how the removal of kurdish forces will be implemented. t> o'donnell: great reporting there, charlie. thank you. tonight, there are fears of another possible collapse at the hard rock hotel under onstruction in new orleans. part of the building crumbled on plturday, killing three people. omar villafranca now with a newly posted video that shows workers had serious concerns about the safety of the structure. >> reporter: this grainy video is now being examined by investigators, potential evidence that may help determine what went wrong. ay oh, my god. >> repo

and then you've had a situation right now even a moment ago i'm talking to people in kobani, and no onenows what comes next because the security mechanism was never supposed to include an offensive against either kobani, which are towns where everybody went shopping. i've been in bizarres in both of them. eaten hummus in both of them. to see this really fragile but real stability happen and disintegrate is heartbreaking. >> i want to read for you a tweet that we are getting from the president as we speak. it seems that the president often times tweets much of his foreign policy, especially when it dms to this decision that he has made with regard to syria and the kurds. some people want the u.s. to protect the 7,000 mile away border of syria. at the same time, syria and whoever they chose to help wants naturally to protect the kurds. i would much rather focus on our southern border, which abuts and is part of the united states of america. and by the way, numbers are way down and the wall is being built. so he's basically saying he'd rather focus on the southern border to mexico versus f

meanwhile, syrian troops have entered kobani, the city where kurdish and u.s.roops first defeated islamic state militants four years ago. reporter: the turkish military has been carrying out its offensive for over a week. its targets are kurdish militias in a town on the syrian border. bombs are exploding in the city center. the military has released images of soldiers firing at the city from the turkish border city. even with a clear military disadvantage, the kurdish mililitia has beenen able to kep the turkish offensive in check. both the u.s. and eu countries have repeatedly called on turkish president erdogan to halt the attacks. turkey's offensive has forced tens of thousands to flee the region. many have gone to iraq. but erdogan has rejected international demands for a cease-fire. he's holding fast to his plan to free up a protection zone in northern syria. >> we can end this operation once we are in control of a 35 kilometer deep area of land reaching from the city of manbij to iraq. no one can stop us before we have reached our goal. reporter: u.s. vi

the kurds much preferred to have russian and syrian patrols and syrian occucupation over areas like kobani which would have felt. fallen within the turkish zone but the turkish zone is cocontained to a few little spos along the border they will patrol but with the russians so there won't be any of the shooting- against the courage the e courage willot b be driven out the population of course. the ypg. soldiers and police force will not be able to operate in that zone which will have a side trip so this is very good. for the government in damascus which will be re able to reassert its authority up to the border again in many areas except for a few little areas where turkey's already moved in its military. i'm clear what's going to happppen with those in the long run. signal processing this implies the end of the turkish- incursion i'm- is that something that wretched type- one. has a choice about going along with easy going to hear those words of ladbrokes. yes are you know look at this is this is going to be this is quite chasing to turkey but we don't know. . what was negotiatd we don't k

bases have now been drawn down to the main airfield at kobani where a major airlift is now currently under way. as quickly as the u.s. military pulled out, russian forces have moved in, now patrolling the key city of manbij once dominated by by american presence. u.s. military bases are now under new management of the syrian regime. and despite demands for a ceasefire, intense fighting is under way between turkish forces und kurdish fighters, who are not giving up without a fight. now, president trump's accusations that some kurdish factions "are more dangerous than isis" will be met with outrage here, norah, considering they lost 11,000 men and women fighting isis right beside u.s. forces. >> o'donnell: outrage about that, indeed. thank you, charlie. and more than 60 million americans are in the path of a dangerous nor'easter hitting tonight. about 8.5 million could get the worst of it, torrential rain and powerful gusts. meteorologist jeff berardelli is t ght in the middle of it. jeff, i understand the storm is moving quite fast. >> reporter: it's moving really fast. and this is go

you have the town of kobani it is in middle of the kurdish safety zone. kobani is kurdish town.n the kobani, in the middle of the turkey safety zone? are they going to evacuated. are they going to be compensated for their homes? the russians have been there for generations. they have a naval base in syria. it is, it is for them, you know, this fighting against assad has prolonged the suffering of civilians. it has unleashed all these millions of refugees on turkey and the rest -- brian: which had nothing to do with us. >> nothing to do with us. brian: but assad insurgency was his people rising up against him. >> we had no business fighting against him. it was, with all due respect to the retired generals, it was industrial complex, the military just dell complex. we got to fight a war. here is potential place. let's go. we can do this. we can help the sunnis over throw their shiite, alawite masters. rearrange the country of syria just as successfully as we did in iraq. brian: that is not the way it happened. all barack obama said assad should go. we didn't do anything t was when

kobani near the turkish border kis an airstrip which can handle everything from helicopters to jet transportersnd has served as the logistics hub for the now-defunct alliance between fus. and kurdish fighters in the campaign against isis. if the withdrawal goes according n, plan, it will take 15 to 30 days moving out equipment first and then people. president trump has blamed the upheaval on turkey and its president erdogan. hday he announced he will impose sanctions on turkey and is fully prepared to destroy turkey's economy. his republican ally, senator randsey graham, said congress ould pile on with more. >> we're going to break his economy until he stops the bloodshed. >> reporter: but senate tepublican leader mitch oeconnell does not seem impressed, issuing a statement that said, "i am gravely concerned by recent events in syria and by our nation's apparent response so far." norah? >> o'donnell: wow, deep concern there, david. now, what are you hearing from u.s. officials about those 11,000 isis prisoners that were being held in northeast syria? have they escaped? >> reporter: defense secr

there are now funerals for kobani's fallen every day.us to hold funerals now. but as soon as it's safe, they're going to dig them up and send them home. >>> a look during the isis onslaught. turkey's leaders consider those kurds enemy. and president trump has given them the green light for incursion against them. >> we're going to be covering that throughout the morning. obviously, there's many people in washington and across the world see it as a terrible move. the very allies that remain steadfast with us and played such a big role in pushing isis back and supporting the united states now being betrayed by donald trump. now being betrayed by his administration. david ignatius said, and david's been over in syria and knows so much about the battle against isis. president trump is about to make a major consequential mistake in syria. sources say that the u.s. and kurdish allies withdrawing from the turkish border abandoning so-called security mechanic achl to allow an invasion by turkish forces. of course, this is while the united states

startling developments which we saw on the beginning of the road toward where a number of troops face kobani, putting up checkpoints on that road. it caused panic of many people we saw there. a turkish convoy heading out of town there. this was after the united states announced it would be leaving almost fully from syria in the days, and possibly weeks, ahead. some fast-moving saw patchy-colored helicopters into u.s. troops. iran brought vehicles to the side of the road to take control of that area. it's amazing how fast collapse of the syrian kurdish positions here seem to be a result of force and invasion of the turkish here. there are various sizes for their positions, but the kurdish positions appear to have collapsed very quickly. >>> i want to bring in now general james marks. he is a cnn military analyst. good to see you. you command a division. can you give us a sense of what a drawdown would look like? a thousand troops to be withdrawn from a singular area, even though we hear barbara saying some people might be moving further south of this area. what does a drawdown of this mag if

they're taking place at the sprawling airfield near kobani and another near hasakah. >> for more perspectived what the trump administration plans to do next, norah o'donnell spoke to "face the nation" moderator margaret brennan on the "cbs evening the way to turkey to end the bloodshed yet turkey's president says he is never going to end. what is the strategy? >> there is no broader strategy. officials that i have spoken with have told me that the president doesn't appreciate the implications of his decision to quickly pull back, pull out of syria, and in fact some members of his national security team described it as a demolition of u.s. power in the region that only benefits russia, the assad regime, iran, and isis because it further destabilizes the region. now the administration does recognize the sanctions it put on turkey yesterday have not stopped turkey at all, but they did get president erdogan's attention. it was after that that he agreed to take a team of u.s. negotiators, including vice president pence. so the focus right now is on this ceasefire. it's not clear what it would h?

. >> reporter: kurdish commander mazloum kobani accepted the agreement and said his forces will do what'se past week, turkish artillery and air strikes have rained down on kurdish forces and the civilian population alike. dozens of people killed, as many as 200,000 displaced. cbs news has learned the pentagon has had no change to their withdrawal plan and no direction on how the removal of kurdish forces will be implemented. >>> the trump organization is poised for a windfall after the white house announced next year's g7 summit will be held at one of president trump's florida resorts. is it legal? constitutional? here is major garrett. >> doral is by far and away, far and away the best physical facility for this meeting. >> reporter: amid accusations of conflict of interest, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney asserted hosting the global economic summit at the trump-owned doral resort was not illegal or inappropriate because the president will not reap a profit. >> been doing this at cost. as a result, it's been dramatically cheaper for us to do it at doral. >> reporter: the white house

kobani, near the turkish border has an airstrip that can handle everything from jet helicopters jet transporters served as the logistics hub for the now defunct alliance between the u.s. and kurdish fighters in the campaign against isis. president trump has blamed the upheaval on turkey and its president erdogan. today he announced he will impose sanctions on turkey and is fully prepared to destroy turkey's economy. his republican ally, senator lindsey graham said congress would pile on with more. >> we're going break his economy until he stops the bloodshed. >> reporter: but senate republican leader mitch mcconnell does not seem impressed, issuing a statement that said "i am gravely concerned by recent events in syria and by our nation's apparent response so far." >>> nashville, tennessee is considered the kurdish capital of the united states. manuel bojorquez has the view from music city.>> repor othst year life on ne serng as a translator for u.s. troops in some of the most dangerous places in the middle east. you were there for the fight against isis? >> yes, sir, i was. >> reporter: and now

bases have been drawn down to the main airfield at kobani where a major airlift is now currently underthe u.s. military pulled out, russian forces have moved in, now patrolling the key city of manbij once dominated by an american presence. u.s. military bases are now under new management of the syrian regime. and despite demands for a ceasefire, intense fighting is under way between turkish forces and kurdish fighters who aren't giving up without a fight. president trump's accusations that some kurdish factions are more dangerous than isis will be met with outrage here. considering they lost 11,000 men and women fighting isis right beside u.s. forces. >>> another associate of rudy giuliani was arrested, this one taken into custody as he landed at new york's jfk airport. meane, thempeachment inquiry of president trump continues in the house of representatives. nancy cordes has the latest. >> rudy was a great prosecutor. he was the best mayor in the history of the city of new york as far as i can see. >> reporter: president trump defended his embattled personal lawyer today, even as hous

the atrocities in mount sin ja, the procedure of kobani. one of the more terrifying things about the isis he helped create is not its obsession with gruesome video and act of murder, but instead its harnessing of social media to create a global franchise of people it often never met in libya, paris, brussels, people attracted to isis's brand to commit atrocities and even die for it. but in november 2014, rumors of an air strike hitting him. within a week a recording of his speech. [speaking foreign language] . it became a pattern. randomly released audio performs. they believe he was injured in may 2017 and had to take five months away from his duties as a result. yet from that moment onwards, what was left of isis's so-called caliphate, collapsed in on itself. mows up, free from their grip in july. isis reduced to a tiny slip of land on the arky-syrian border. hateful. still capable of inspiring barbaric insanity. now, without his figurehead, a man willing to lead his followers to death, but only from the shadows. >> right now we want to g

victory that was five years in the making with this partner force that started in 2014 in the town of kobanien isis had never had a single battlefield defeat. it was steaming across the region and just absolutely taking town after town. so i think this is a partnership, and one thing that isn't often captured is there is deep friendship between u.s. forces and the syrian democratic forces, between the kurdish leader mouzlim and u.s. forces. let's see what happens going forward. mouzlim held a press conference in syria and he was talking about, this operation was a huge success, and it was a huge success for a lot of people, including ziti women, like the president mentioned, who were enslaved by isis and who we worked to free along this road for the americans. the sdf says this is not unending, and everyone is hopeful this is not unending, so everyone is wondering what the fate of syria will be for them. >> the president was tweeting out for five months that there was joint intel on the ground until we reached a joint operation to kill abu bakr al baghdadi. thanks to everyone who cooperated

bases on the outskirts of kobani and maybe associated with that. so close, in fact, the u.s.ere prepared to defend themselves and call in air support. so possibly helicopters, possibly jets to get these forces to turn away. now, this u.s. official is particularly dismayed because there are channels there and agreement with turkey who are backing the syrian rebels. extremists making sure they don't come close to u.s. forces's they violated that and the channels were used to deflate the situation. think about this in the broader picture. seyrian rebels backed by turkey told us not to go by u.s. forces leaving anyway and as they're getting ready to leave the syrian rebels come for them, seems very close to a main base. almost like trying to chase them out of town. a startling development leading back to the risks grows that u.s. troops are put under since the white house announced they were leaving before they actually managed to get their stuff packed. it's extraordinary we're talking about this, though. and a few days ago shelling landed near a base. yet again it's happening a

minutes ago they were seen in the town of kobani.are going to move into that area and their task is to move kurdish fighters out of that area, about 30 kilometers away from the border. after that, there's going to be joint patrols between the turks and russians in the area from what the turks call their safe zone. president trump tweeted on all this and he said he thinks good things are happening in syria. they're certainly good things if you're the president of turkey but not if you're the kurds, key in driving isis out. russia told them they need to get out. in fact, a spokesman for the kremlin said the kurds are going to be, quote, steamrolled by the turkish army if they don't tleev area. but right now you can clearly see that the russians are the big power there in syria, massively increasingheir influence while the u.s. is out of the picture as far as the future of syria and as far as northeastern syria is concerned, dave. >> fred pleitgen. thank you. >>> all right. it all started when houston rockets' general manager daryl more

the atrocities in mount sinja, the beheadings of western hostagings, the proceeding of kobani. more errors marked by an obscene worship of violence. in all these, he isn't visible. one of the more terrifying things about the eyes he helped create is not his object section with gruesome acts of murder but the harnessing of social media to create a global franchise in libya, afghanistan, paris, brussels, atrocities committed by people who were attracted to isis's brand to commit atrocities and even die for it. but in november 2014, rumors of an air strike hitting him. within a week, a recording of his speech. [speaking foreign language] . it became a pattern. no public appearances mixed with randomly released audio statements. they believe he was injured in may 2017 and had to take five months away from his duties as a result. but yet from that moment onwards what was left of the so-called caliphate, collapsed in on itself. mosul, free from their grip in july, raqqa in october. isis reduced to a tiny shreupb of land on the iraqi and syrian border. an idea, infectious, hateful, st