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.s. troops are still in syria, and, of course, amid all this, this question of former isis members escaping from camps around 80 0 thought to have escaped from one camp. there are o

the deal between the kurds and moscow's ally asaad gives russia access to northern syria previously under us way. as washington's influence wanes russian president vladimir putin was striding the regional stage after visiting saudi arabia he was received by abu dhabi's crown prince mohammed bin ziad on tuesday. the u.s. of impose sanctions while the european union imposed a limited farms and bargo on cherokee jenin chancellor angela merkel on monday called for an end to fighting. it up there from another thoughts from i have already said from my side that we believe that was all a justified security interests of this offensive should be ended because it is visibly causing a lot of human suffering and it's also bringing a lot of uncertainty with the fight against. it. but for now the offensive continues and so does the human suffering a civilians a court between the fronts like these young victims of turkish shelling in a hospital in runs a line yet is it. those who can and getting out the u.n. says that 160000 people have already fled the fighting all right we're joined now by day all of

presidential candidate gathered mentions it on her campaign website 13 september belling cat noted anti asaad website blasts the study science and global says it will publish it anyway and will judge it on narrative soon after the journal now says it's canceling the publication is why officially. these questions included concerns about the technical merits of the analysis in this article as well as the value of publishing the article given the sensitive and contested issue of the use of chemical weapons in syria yet it is take these masses very seriously this review identified a number of issues with the peer review and revision process strange isn't it that no questions about the veracity of the study were asked when it was submitted or when it was given the green light for publishing concerns only appeared when belling cat and its followers attacked the study and the people behind it we've asked the journal for comment but no clear answer yet then again as statement may have said it all sensitive and contested issue that caused your mind back to 2017 within 2 days of the alleged chemical at

getting protection from bashir asaad and russia. >> a particular vulnerability in elections security of astructure or a type attack, what are some of the things that worry you most coming into 2020? yes, yes, yes, yes, all of them worry me. about what frustrated me where we are. when we were in charge, again, we actually came together in a and we invested hundreds of millions of dollars o insure that our local officials are working hand in officials and al homeland security officials to avoid any potential threats. our adversaries are always going to try and attack us for what weakest eve is our point. if they can't attack us by going and a voting system registration system like they did in my home state of going to find re out pretty quickly, it's pretty machine hack a voting in a precinct in rural illinois. up to the oked internet. we have to be aware, what are they going to do next? have to have a debate on chain of custody? where are the ballots going? ballot harvesting, it's a in ess that is illegal states like north carolina and likely that a republican operative in north carol

unfortunately they're putting the no-win situation where they're now getting protection frombashir asaad and russia. that's not where our friends should be. >> staying international, what sort of election threats be there, be it a nation or particular vulnerability in our elections security, infrastructure or a type of attack, what are some of the things that worry you most coming into 2020? rep. davis: yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, all of them worry me. that's what frustrated me about where we are. when we were in charge, again, we actually came together in a bipartisan way and we invested hundreds of millions of dollars to insure that our local officials are working hand in hand with federal officials and homeland security officials to avoid any potential threats. our adversaries are always going to try and attack us for what they believe is our weakest point. if they can't attack us by going into a voting system and a registration system like they did in my home state of illinois, they're going to find out pretty quickly, it's pretty tough to hack a voting machine in a precinct in rural il

noted, facedy been with this choice between asaad and the turks, and we have seen regime forces movement is in syria. with regime forces come the iranians and russians, that raises the prospect of iran linking its syrian and iraqi proxies in a way that will also perhaps prompted expansion of israeli airstrikes and increase the chance of outright conflict between the two. we will also see security conditions deteriorate as the population is brutalized and eastern syria as it has been elsewhere in area the regime has retaken. we may also see a breakout of al qaeda groups from along the northern border corridor. there are still problems elsewhere in syria which are not linked explicitly to what happening in the northeast. those include things like the security generating in other regime held areas. the entrenchment of iran and syrian society, the stalled political process and the shattering of international norms with no real justice or accountability. so, what does the united states to do? and i will just take a few seconds more. in the northeast, it is vital that we halt and or limit the

will he confront asaad's forces in doing so.ons at this point. >> erin, thanks to you. you and your crew stay safe out there. >>> when we come back, it seems like a simple question with a straightforward answer. is it appropriate for a president to ask a foreign government to investigate a political opponent? things are more complicated for republicans including some who are going to great pains to avoid answering that question at all. g that question at all. ♪ dad: oh, hey guys! mom (on speakerphone): hi! son (on speakerphone): dad, i two goals today! vo: getting to a comfortable retirement doesn't have to be an uncomfortable thought. see how lincoln can help. when you take align, you have the support of a probiotic and the gastroenterologists who developed it. align naturally helps to soothe your occasional digestive upsets, 24/7. so, where you go, the pro goes. go with align, the pros in digestive health. it's what gives audible themembers an edge.listening; it opens our minds, changes our perspective, connects us, and pushes

our ally turkey or the free syrian army that used to be our ally or asaad.ere coming one way or another and they have 50 troops, 50 troops don't stop 10,000 troops. i think he made the right decision. i'm reminded of beirut when we had 300 marines in a barracks that weren't protected and so i think he made the border with u.s. service members, that is the only thing that kept them from attacking before. o, i think what you found is in the early footage, you saw and i think you showed some of the footage, that you saw the special operations teams having droms dropping close to them so they didn't seem to be deterred even though we still have soldiers in the region. so i think it was strategically the best thing to do. but also here is the thing that may end up happening. this may be the best thing that ever happened to the kurds. because they need a protector in syria willing to stay. we had been preventing having them talk to assad and now they made an alliance with assad and the irony is it may be the best thing that ever happened to them. if assad and erdo

moving into northern syria and will stay in control the same area so that's kind of creating an ante asaad zone of a lot of there's going to be a big population and. and there is going to be armed forces on the ass of the acid won't like it of course damascus won't like it for russia maybe it's a bit of a different issue because russian perspective is much more wide there it's the entire region the standoff with the united states globally we're in this standoff maybe turkey is more important than that is that if turkey can be pulled further away from nato and from america of course there's also a role for the y.p. g. to play with which russia has a very warm established relationship with the java has an embassy actually in moscow de facto for some years so this is going to be a very complicated put a there in not only involving the northern part of syria the former rajab ok though so all of syria i see a point where russia will be minding its own business primarily some well as the americas are putting do you see now that and the russians most likely the to keep by as who are going to shap

moving into northern syria and will stay in control the same area so that's kind of creating an ante asaad zone of of a lot there's going to be a big population and. apparently there's going to be armed forces on the ass of the acid won't like it of course damascus won't like it for russia maybe it's a bit of a different issue because russian perspective is much more wide there it's the entire region the standoff with the united states globally we're in this standoff maybe turkey is more important than not that if turkey can be pulled further away from nato and from america of course there's also a role for the y.p. g to play with which russia has a very warm established relationship with the java has an embassy actually in moscow de facto for some years so this is going to be a very complicated put a there in not only involving the northern part of syria the former a job ok so all of syria i see a point where russia will be minding its own business primarily some well as the americas are putting do you see now that and the russians most likely the to keep by as who are going to shape the

incursion gives new life to isis and hands over the keys to our national security to putin, iran, and asaad. does the administration have a plan for countering iran in syria? if so, could you explain what it is, and how will it account for recent gains by iran-backed forces that are filling the vacuum that we created in northern syria? >> i like to answer your first question, for i take the next one. >> i didn't pose a first question, i posed the question as it relates to this. >> can i comment on your first question? >> first, answer my question. >> the president's decision with respect to syria is not going to change our iran strategy or the advocacy of it. iran has given assad $4.6 billion in lines of credit. they have sent 2500 of their own fighters and they have helped mobilize 10,000 fighters to support assad. our diplomatic work that ambassador jeffrey's heading is to ensure as part of a political solution, that all of the forces under iranian control have to leave syria, and we are withholding a reconstruction assistance for syria as one of the levers that we have. >> and you really

were on the fact that they have made this deal with the asaad government and what we're already hearing is reports of clashes between certainly syrian rebel forces that are aligned with turkish military around that town of monday should we just mention we know that the syrian army was deployed to monday last night we're now hearing reports of clashes there those turkish fools he's having crossed the border it's how cold which is directly north all of that town we're also hearing reports that syrian army full seize it take control of around 3 or 4 villages there now that's in the west meanwhile in the east in the last hour also we've heard reports of the syrian army moving towards a town called tell tama and. now those towns are south all the talent of it off. and was claimed by the turkish military they claim to be in full control of that 2 or 3 days ago that was proven to be untrue there are ongoing clashes between pro turkish syrian rebels and the s.d.f. in russell i now this troop movement by the syrian army coming north we also understand that they have been syrian army movements pu