asad not just militarily on the ground but politically. what the russians want is not just full consolidation of territorial control but reconstruction, return of refugees and international legitimacy for the asad regime. >> i think what they also want is to defeat the united states and i would like to say we don't need a 0-sum approach to russia. not everything russia does is threatening to the united states. i would like to say syria is a place where you can find room to agree or cooperate with russia but that is not the case because moscow doesn't see it that way. i think moscow wants to show the rest of the region that the united states is not reliable. they want to florida regime change effort by the united states, paint our policy in those terms and i don't think they are interested in win/win solutions. >> thank you. miss jackson-lee has joined us today and without objection, recognize her for 5 minutes of questions. >> thank you, mister chairman. let me acknowledge the chairman and the ranking member for their courtesy. this is the

and in support of the asad regime. but then i'm damascus. >> iran has not withdrawn it support not only their own forces but those in syria but we see cultivating proxies as well as those forces they have but really to introduce itself in the social fabric. iran turns syria for its missiles if it wasn't for the israeli airstrikes so it will tell you that they stop iran from engaging activities and from focusing on syria as a power projection base. >> you are recognized for five minutes. thank you. i completely want to associate myself with the remarks from start to finish you did a fantastic job i wish you were here under circumstances that were different. but here we are. may be two and a half years that there was such a thing of the trump administration of resisting trump there is no administration but a president acting on his impulses in the policy of the united states right now is not our problem. is just a bunch of sand and they can all play in the sand. is now the official policy of the united states russia hate

so this is to help the asad regime gain control. so that's not true but the alternative right now from the returning from the region. >> the iranians of course support the syrian president and they want the russians to help them assert as much control that as they can. and then to build up that militaryry infrastructure. and on that sink - - second plank that you have that wider objective and then to link up that infrastructure in syria. not only to israel but to keep saudi arabia and you out the united states which is the key objective of russia and iran. >> and explain the tribal factions. the religious aspect and the part of sunni islam. and this is not a business organization. but a source of friction with the local population which is primarily that muslim area. . . . . essentially that they can call upon. all of that on the table, jake in massachusetts good morning welcome to the conversation. i have a couple of questions first of all how many nuclear weapons to be having turkey seeing as how it is a nato ally and can t we get

the kurds in a desperation, are now allied with asad. so america is diminished, russia iran, and asad are strengthened. and so i asked, how and why this decision was reached. sermon forum relations committee and given a syria dish and wdecision taken by demonstrati, you might be forgiven for wondering why our committee even exists. i see this because apparently the decision to leak syria, was made that went out consultation with the committee or even with the committee chairman and ranking member. just three weeks ago, our subcommittee held herrings to receive extensive w conditions n the way forward in syria. it was represented to us by the serious study group. a bipartisan commission cast with providing an in-depth assessment of the conditions in syria, and to provide recommendations for american strategy going forward. toys on my aware, the administration made no effort to contact those who attended the hearing. or to speak with the syria study group to be able to understand the content in their extensive published report. i asked bot

has tried to reopen dialogue talks with the massacres with president asad the logic presumably being that if the syrian army moved into northern north eastern syria then the turks would have no choice but to withdraw they wouldn't want to war and multiple fronts the other rumor is that asad has said no i said and said that we will only move in if you give up all weapons and reintegrate your self into into greater syria the timeline of this seems to be happening at a rapid pace turkey reiterated that it was going to invade at the start of the weekend the u.s. on sunday night donald trump says we're leaving and no this happens. well obviously we had all the warnings i mean nobody can say that they didn't see this coming and warned that this would happen various turkish officials turkish military representatives have said that this this was coming and the surprising thing is how quickly the united states pulled out this is this is the s.d.f. are talking about they had been bloody speaking america's meed shield in the operation against isis this whole operation against isis in syria that

it was occupied by asad and we sought to destabilize his country.hat's another thing where we screwed up. kennedy: i agree completely. >> i'm not seen as a good dictator if there is such a thing, but he did keep the peace. kennedy: she was a good dictator but that was a long time ago. >> that's a great description. i don't know if he was enlightened even. but at least he kept the peace. so we've got to figure out some way out of this and here's the thing, the obligation to declare a war in the constitution is clear when it has these things, the commander-in-chief who wages war. kennedy: you have another commander-in-chief who is screwing everything up and engaging in skirmishes and a part of the world where the friendship and the enemies and animosity is so strange that the kurds are now appealing to asad whose father made it his life's work to round up and kill kurds. this is so incredibly odd and syria for all intensive person process is not even a country anymore. some people in the united states especially those who love liberty, we should respe

in fact, theur only real winners are isis, syria, asad, iran, turkey. we've already talked about the president's decision and how it would enable the return of isis and the syrian regime is backfilling in areas that we have patrolled for quite some time and mrs. torres, have you seen evidence of that already territory that had been held by the united states and has not been held by asad for years being reclaimed by the syrian government? >> i can - can you repeat that last part? >> the lands being held by the kurds with her support from the u.s. is syria taking over parts of that and in that area that has not been controlled by syria for quite some time? >> we have seen reports h of tht what i may defer to my colleagues but we have seen reports of that. >> and president trumps cease-fire deal turkey turkey denied it was a cease-fire and failed to hold but the parameters of its saison are so clear that it would almost be impossible to enforce any ways. in, testimony front of the senate foreign relations committee yesterday appears the u.s. delegation did

and the town of tel tema now in asad's hands -- tal town of tel tema now in asad's hands —— tal tamerve kept this picture hidden for years, he says, waiting for this day. but not eve ryo ne waiting for this day. but not everyone is celebrating. we met abu and his family on the turkish side of the border. he was planning to go home once kurdish militia were gone. not now. translation: i was shocked when they told me that the regime is now in control. we were happy when the turkish army went in. we were hoping to go back and live happily in our village. no one can go back with the regime there. his young relative mohammed wants to study medicine in the uk. he can't see a future in his homeland. i think this idea is impossible because i think the syrian war is endless. does that make you feel sad ? syrian war is endless. does that make you feel sad? i am feeling sad for my country, for my people, what cani for my country, for my people, what can i do for them? this is the latest phase in the endless war. turkey continuing to pound northern syria. here, a drone strike. allegedly targeting

mitch mcconnell said it would only benefit russia, iran and the asad regime urging them to keep the coalitionher to defeat isis. nancy pelosi accusing the president of attempting to appease an authoritarian strongman. the white house pushing against reports the pentagon was blindsided by the move, senior it ministration official saying the decision, at the pentagon. rob: douglas mcgregor says bringing strategy back to foreign policy. jillian: not only deal with isis but convincing turkey and others in the region to pull their own weight. >> the swamp is clearly very disturbed because the president has done something i've not witnessed in the last 30 years. he is injecting strategy into foreign and defense policy. prime ministers erdogan is responsible, isis turned out to be a frankenstein monster who decided he needed to bring it under control. he told mister erdogan you can do this, and isis reared its head. this is a very important point. the president shifted the burden of responsibility for something that is clearly regional, goes back to turkey to mister erdogan. rob: the president annou

i always ask asad mecci questions and he says i don't know. some people -- i watched this from offstage and i'm getting good at seeing people who are under and some people it works for and there seems to be no -- you cannot say that this person will be hit with ties. >> a lot of people do not believe in hypnosis. do you think it is real?>> i have seen it. i've been working with people who i just met who have been intense and some of them it is like very are stoned and they talk really slow, but they give everything. >> have you been under hypnosis?>> no. >> are you reluctant? this is not your deal. >> i do not know how it will help me.>> a lot of people are afraid that they don't know what they will say.>> you will never do anything against your ethical background or do nothing that you are comfortable with. we have had people -- i ask people if they remember everything and they say yes, but that everything that you said sounded like a great idea. it amazes me that it works. >> how do you working improv? but i have a set of games that we play.

but now we have withdrawn those special forces now the kurds are on the run and now russians and asadving into that territory so now we have less leverage to negotiate any agreement or settlement. paul: the presidentre said t17 the president of turkey made this contention on suspension of hostilities for five days because of the potential damage from economic sanctions that the president announced. isiv that true or why did he give this reprieve quick. >> i think he actually realizese he was facing significant resistance and realized he could not push further south so instead he took the five-day pause and facing those sanctions the president imposed on turkey were not very effective. they had very little impact thee president resisted those sanctions that was put in place. paul: so t15 gets what he wants in the united states is not getting that much so what about the sanctions in the senate? there was a huge bipartisan nonbinding resolution that they join democrats to condemn the presidents withdrawal. in the senate there are some stiff sanctions like lindsey graham's bill and severa

concerning is the power vacuum left by the lysates is already been felled by the syrian regime of asad, russia and iranian militias. the indifference to loyalty and life decisions on the phone with resident erdogan will result in disastrous consequences for the u.s. national security and has undermined u.s. credibility in the world stage. according to one kurdish fighter quote, america will never again be able to count on the courage to fight isis we don't trust america anymore. this is important so let me read the kurdish again. we don't trust america anymore. trump's betrayal of an ally and what it says about america will elect severe damage to american diplomacy, military strategy and foreign policy for many years to come. don't take my word for it. president trump's most ardent supporters and former and ministrations officials have credit score decides decision with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the withdrawal has quote, a grave mistake. senator lindsey graham has called the decision shortsighted and responsible with former secretary said if we don't keep the pressure

current military presence in syria and an agreement, turkey is one step closer to recognizing the asad regime because there's a clause in the agreement between turkey and syria and the agreement says the beauty of the asad regime to address security concerns. if you have problems with syrian kurds let me deal with it. in the short term, the russians agreed to turkish military presence but that is going to be a short-term solution. in terms of american troops, it takes a tweet to change everything. the option is to send hundreds of troops back to syria. of that happens to sacred oilfields, and with kurdish hands with negotiations with the regime, there will be problems in syria. >> you have to take your hat off to vladimir putin, there are tensions -- that has always been -- you saw him doing that. the united states out of syria. what they don't realize is the next step takes the turks out of syria. completely, all of syria, couldn't have done it as long as the united states was there. this was to be expected. the next move is for bashar al-assad to take over. i don't know, russia is a

asad h are the kurds better off or worse off now that assad has been destabilized? >> translator: kurds have established a democratic syria. in my hometown there used to be 800,000 people living. internally displaced people running away from the regime. syrian government areas were coming too our region. there were around 100,000. attacked that area and those became refugees. but for example, people are living in ten kilometers distance of their homes but the turkish people are not allowing people to return to their homes. they s-- the families of these islamic groups are set up in kurdish houses. they're massacring the kurds every day. they're killing the kurds. kidnapping. seize their properties. kill their -- burn their trees. properties all stolen. they carry out the policy of burning up everything in my hometown at the moment. ie 800,000 kurds. o in the region after the reason w incursion, there are a number of people who are now refugees. people of kabani. including arabs, they were displaced. that ar the policy of ethnic cleansing, massacring is being carried

arthel: problems in syria, get your point and asad back in power who has been supported by putin this it is complicated to have to keep going because i want to ask you about iran in the midst of the war that is broken out. what are you on high alert as it pertains to iran? >> syria has always been in their orbits. the has not changed. there was never a chance we would kick them out as long as they have the support of the rain and. in the russians. the problem is exactly the same. where are they going to go, everywhere they go they bump into somebody. they bump -- they stood back and let the israeli attack iranian targets in syria. the russians were going to put themselves out. arthel: do you feel without the presence of the united states that israel is really protected. >> people have to ask themselves a question, how can a couple hundred of americans jump into a syrian civil war and orchestrate the incredible campaign. the answer is releasable, all parties were happy for the americans to do that. nobody wanted to see it. but the notion that somehow those 300 americans could really de

advice of those around you to pull out of syria and the fact, the only real winners are isis, syria, asad, turkey and putin. we talked about the president's decision and how it would enable the run of isis. the syrian regime is back filling in areas we have controlled for quite some time. have you seen evidence of that already, the territory that had been held by the united states that's not been held by assad for years being reclaimed by the syrian government? >> can you repeat that last part? >> held by the kurds with support from the u.s. is syria taking over parts of that and areas that have not been controlled by syria for quite some time? >> we have seen reports of that. but i may want to defer to my colleague but we have seen reports of that. >> in president trump's cease-fire deal with turkey, turkey denied it was a cease-fire. seemingly failed to hold. the parameters were so unclear, it would be almost impossible to enforce anyways. in fact, testimony from the senate foreign relations committee yesterday appears the u.s. delegation didn't even use a map when negotiating the safe

turkey, iran, asad did not want this. the very fa ct iran, asad did not want this.ed over its only military arm on the ground i think isa military arm on the ground i think is a victory for them. iranians in addition did not want to have a kurdish independent autonomous region in syria. they have their own kurds, they don't want to create that example. they don't have the same level of worry is the turks but they also want the kurds to be cut at the knees and brought back down to size. and then if turkey and the saad government get into a fight over who controls burden syria, that only goes to the advantage of iran because the syrians will rely on the iranians for greater support. —— the assad government. the iranians also look at syria time macro looks at israel and has a crisis in the past 24 israel and has a crisis in the past 2a hours. the israelis see that the united states has no commitment to syria, no commitment to containing iran or assad syria, no commitment to containing iran orassad in syria, no commitment to containing iran or assad in syria and they ar

it is a very complex tale, turkey was always opposing from the very beginning uprising against asad'sto the us in the fight against isis. some other sunni militant groups still fight against the president. but now, the main goal is, the used to bea but now, the main goal is, the used to be a presence there years ago during the bouts of government. so the turkish government accuses the syrian militants to change this demography and destabilising the social fabric of this region. thank you, you're going to help us out as we work our way through this. multilayered story, if you still have questions i would happen, the hashtag in the e—mail or on the screen. we will move away from that. american airlines says it plans to restart flights of boeing's troubled 737 maxjet injanuary. the plane has been grounded since march — following two deadly crashes — which killed almost 350 people. vivienne nunis in new york. has american got information that other airlines do not have? this is only a decision that american airlines could make. it says it is in close talks with the aviation administration

has tried to reopen dialogue talks with the masks with president asad the logic presumably being that if the syrian army moved into northern northeastern syria then the turks would have no choice but to withdraw they wouldn't want to warn multiple fronts the other rumor is that assad has said no i said it said that we will only move in if you give up all weapons and reintegration of self into into greater syria the surprising thing is how quickly the united states pulled out this is this is the s.d.f. are talking about this whole operation against isis in syria that the united states around separate from the russian and syrian what it was it was you know on the ground the troops on the ground with vast is vast majority were kurds the s.d.f. protecting american bases that had been set up in in syria. u.s. led operations u.s. mandated operations and the u.s. had been arming had been funding had been training and coordinating the s.d.f. this is in effect it is their pet army the turks had said no that they were they were not down for this that this wouldn't fly basically they view the s.

the kurds have had no options but to throw themselves upon the mercy of the asad regime because theyy abandoned — and have been abandoned, in effect, by their allies, the americans. so they've had to turn back to present a solid. —— president assad. his troops have been moving into towns today. we know american troops will be pulled back from the border, so this is a new moment — and there is the fear that this is a situation which could spiral very quickly out of control internationally now. there is criticism from the european union for the arab league from the united nations secretary general. he said again today that he is gravely concerned. he called for restraint and negotiation. the deal makes the battlefield equation much more complicted for turkey. that's because the syrian president, bashaar al—assad, already has strong backing from russia and iran — and so, follow that through, they are now on the same side as the kurds. here's our middle east correpsondent, martin patience, on the impact this new allignment could have for turkey. he will now have to reassess its options.

good morning, i'm asad ahmad.d they wanted the world—famous market — to share their "vision of a future pla nt—based food system". protestors held a minute's silence for what they said were "animals whose lives are lost" at smithfield before selling pla nt—based products there. if you want to be a vegetarian, via vegetarian. whatever. these are people who need to work, they need to earn a living, they need to have jobs. so it's not these people we are targeting a soul, we are trying to send a message out to the government. our —— at all. well, prime minister borisjohnson has called the protestors "uncooperative crusties" while the metropolitan police say they've made 280 arrests. yesterday, whitehall, horse guards parade and the mall were among the places in westminster, brought to a standstill. two bridges were also blocked. in other news. children who are addicted to computer games are to be offered treatment on the nhs via skype. the service is being offered by the london—based centre for internet and gaming di

hello, i'm asad ahmad.ill only start today to install an automatic breaking system. the crash was caused by a speeding tram — but new techology will detect how fast they're going, on ‘high risk‘ parts of the route and force them to slow down. it's the first system of its kind in europe. londoners are being encouraged by the ambulance service to get the training they need deal with someone having a cardiac arrest. rachael eckley, on the left, suffered a heart attack in a coffee shop, butjudy domoney — a stranger at the time — gave her lifesaving treatment. currently survival rates are fewer than 1 in 10 — although that can be massively improved. if somebody has collapsed, the most important thing is to find out whether they are still breathing, so you check to see if they are breathing. if they are not, you need to call for an ambulance as quickly as possible and then you need to start doing chest compressions. so that's pressing down on the middle of the chest hard and fast. bbc london has been given rare a

hello, i'm asad ahmad.mjaun. crunch time at the rugby world cup, with england up first tomorrow morning in their quarter final against australia. andy murray continues his impressive comeback to singles action — with a win to make the semi's of the european 0pen. and bulgaria's football coach resigns — krasimir balakov departs days after the racism storm, in their euro qualifier against england. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. 0ne place to begin, that's with the build up to the rugby world cup quarterfinals. england haven't played for two weeks, but now have a crunch encounter against australia. england have won the last six meetings between the teams. that match that gets the big weekend under way — our sports editor dan roan reports. welcome to this dome, a 40,000 seater capacity where england will ta ke seater capacity where england will take on australia in the world cup tomorrow. earlier on we heard from ben youngs. he's one of four members of this england squad who experienced the p

he does asad more, much as he can being in a has anyone been at work where the superiors don't know the situation on the ground and you are witnessing what's going on in the field and trying to communicate between the two and you realize they are 3000 miles away than it takes six months to get a letter to them then you have your wife who is an american and might be a spy, he got to send her away. and then you got communicating with the church. that he had ang good nights sleep the whole time he was in boston. supporthave some of the of isaac from the house of commons. they sent general gage, a man of great abilities in that country, which i'm sure they would never do unless you give him a sword in one hand and the olive branch in another. i think that sums up his efforts. he tried to defy the colonists and he is supposed to give and olive branch. the colonistsme, are hit with the acts that move the government out of boston. you have to close the port of boston. we have the back act and the quartering act. next thing you know, he is dealing with a lot of unemployed people in the ports, s

good evening, i‘m asad ahmad. hello. this is sportsday live from the bbc sport centre.s liverpool to a champions league win in genk. it‘s the belgian batshauyi taking chelsea top of their group. they left it late against ajax. and offering a few tips on lineouts and scrums or maybe just wishing wales luck — prince charles pops by training in tokyo ahead of the rugby world cup semi finals. standby for one of the best goals you‘ll see for a while. liverpool ended a run of four straight defeats away from home in champions league group games to beat genk 4—1 in belgium. one each for sadio mane and mo salah but it‘s the two from alex oxlaide chamberlain that will be remembered. two fine strikes from outside the box — as nick parrott will now tell you — the second was quite special. they boasted five nominees in the starting line—up to face them, that might have been more had alex chamberlain not suffered an injury against roma 18 months ago, on his long—awaited return to this competition the englishman dazzled. he opened the scoring with less than two minutes gone, a bit of

i'm asad ahmad.olice arrests. the group brought parts of the city to a standstill in april, as part of a peaceful, but disruptive, protests against climate change. but the government has told the group that any further protests could alienate them from the public and lose them support. research by the bbc shows most of the 20 worst boroughs for serious knife crime are in the london, although incidents are actually on rising faster outside the capital. the highest recorded rate was in westminster, particularly in the west end, where a more robberies are being reported where knives are used. the head of the metropolitan police says officers are doing their best to tackle the problem. some parts of london have, as everybody knows, over the years, have been really troubled by violence. and it's ourjob to work with the local public there and everybody else to reduce violence. that's what we intend to do. it's been my number one priority, it remains my number one priority. from today, you'll be able to sta

hello, i'm asad ahmad.ter the bbc discovered he'd broken investment rules. mark denning helped to manage more than £200 billion of investors' money. but the bbc panorama programme has uncovered evidence that suggests he was secretly acquiring shares for his own benefit in some of the same companies as his funds. mr denning denies any wrongdoing. and you can see more on that story on our website, or watch panorama at 8.30 this evening on bbc one. police in london will continue their investigation today into racist abuse at an fa cup tie between haringey borough and yeovil at the weekend. haringey‘s goalkeeper says he was spat at and had a bottle thrown at him on saturday, which led to haringey‘s players being taken—off by the manager. the match being abandoned. no arrests have been made. over 50 years after seven drinking pals from essex decided to travel the world in a double—decker — they've reunited in the same bus. they left leigh—on—sea to travel to 30 countries, including iran, india and greece. they b

other groups that are opposed to bashar al asad. a lot of them extreme in their environment. it would appear that the cia was somehow able to track down baghdadi. and not just track him down but launch, in cooperation with u.s. special forces. a complex raid that eye witnesses would tell us. it involved aircraft, helicopters and also, the deployments on the field. what happened on the battlefield? you have to get on to the ground. you have to get samples whether or not the targets were taken out. all of that requires a high degree of precision and considerable daring, not just getting in but getting out again, safely, without loss of life. we don't know if there are casualties at all. information is slowly emerging. we'll hear more from donald trump later in the day. what's important here, is to bear in mind, that whilst al baghdadi is dead, the ideology of the so-called islamic state still exists. and this martyrdom death would be attached to mythology of the locals spelling flowers and p s. part of that process, that remains by the so-called islamic state, to try to inspire

potential for isis to control large portions of syria again is still there because you have the sdf and asadre not exactly friends and isis is a product of those civil wars and fight so something we have to continue to look at. if we can't understand and follow it, try to keep the country safe in the meantime. carley: there newsagency made statements about the tax in syria and egypt so the fight continues. we appreciate it. rob: the president slamming the city of chicago for its violent reputation. >> it is embarrassing to us as a nation, they are talking about chicago. afghanistan is a safe place by comparison. rob: that could be about to change, the executive order donald trump assigned to solidify his stance as a law and order president. carley: the deadline to update your device or it will be dead. here, it all starts with a simple... hello! -hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! [ camera clicking ] wifi up there? -ahhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're h

on the other side we have asad, rub shans, and the iran and i think the irony about all of this, but irony bha that it may be their best chance for having a semiautonomous area that is kurdish, but it will not happy unless the turks feel comfortable with syria not allowing incushions. >> it sounds like ewe saying why don't we let this playout, but lindsey gram said making a mistake like that is what we saw happen in the last administration and you could let something like isis reserve. we know we have already seen in the last 48 hours an isis flag being raised again, and for americans saying they are not going to pay attention to what is happening 9,000 miles away, they do remember 9/11. >> lindsey graham was wrong about the iraq war. it made iran stronger, he was wrong about the war in libya, it lead to more chaos and more terrorism. he is wrong about this. he has been wrong since p beginning because many liberals, they all supported the sunni extremists against assad. i'm not so sure that the extremist would have been better than assad. sometimes maybe you have two sevens and you d

kurds, our 1-time ally in the fight against isis, the russian backed asad regime, reached the front linesrday and this greatly complicates the situation. rob: really crazy development, thank you so much. jillian: with all eyes on syria, the senior advisor to donald trump for president says most americans can't explain why our troops are there in the first place. >> if you ask the average american out there they would have to google who are the kurds and why is america fighting this war? we have been there for ten years and when the president campaigned in 2016 he was clear that he wanted to stop these endless wars and a lot of people don't understand why we are there. he wants to bring our troops home and put our assets towards things that do help americans directly like securing the southern border. as commander-in-chief the first priority is to the american people and i think that is what we need to remember. kim jong un former police officer who shot and killed a woman in her own home is charged with murder. etonya's family call becoming senseless as the fbi could get involved. they vo

the kurds say they have reached a military agreement with syria to get support from the asad regime whichould complicate matters in the region. steve harrigan is in northeastern syria tonight. >> began as a military operation against what turkey calls terrorists is now evolved into something much bigger and much more dangerous, a war between turkey, a nato member, and syria, a country backed by russia. kurdish officials wasted little time finding a new partner after the withdrawal of us forces which they described as a stab in the back. syrian government troops under bashar assad reached the front lines within hours of the deals a welcome sight to many kurds on the ground. >> thank god for the return of the syrian arab army. >> the fighting is brutal. arab militia backed by turkey have been accused of atrocities, executing kurdish prisoners on the battlefield, pulling a female kurdish political leader from her car and shooting her in the head. a convoy containing armed men, civilians and journalists near the front line was bombed killing 9. dozens of civilians on both sides of the border

started, in istanbul, turkey became from being turkey's foreign-policy, all of a sudden president asade. turkey became the organizational home for the syrian opposition and later on became major hottie highway and turkey started sending weapons and financial aid to the opposition groups and particularly the muslim brotherhood network in turkey that had been in turkey after the 1980s and that was when the muslim brotherhood members fled syria and settled in turkey so there's a large network of muslim brotherhood numbers in turkey so the group behind-the-scenes played a prominent role in turkey's efforts to topple the regime in syria. when the conflict started, turkey's number one priority was toppling the regime. and there was an open border policy so tens of thousands of people fleeing the conflict in syria. from 2011-2014-2015, turkey heavily supported islamist groups and turkey was behind islam state activities within its borders so turkey played a key role in the jihadisation of the conflict in syria and that is what erdogan was doing as well and it makes perfect sense because in hi

but i'm reassured with the alliance with syria that it will -- be less chaotic and with asad. >> and turks will slow their advance and it will come to a standstill and i predict there will be a discussion between erdogan and assad and there is a possibility we could get the turks to pull back within turkey. >> last question. the russians and turkey and assad could have done something about isis to begin with and didn't and that is why the u.s. stepped in. >> but the u.s. has been preventing any kind of discussion because it is the policy of the war caucus to have assad removed. this is the john bolton and lindsey graham. they believe in regime change. and the hillary clinton group wants this too. so it is left and right saying we have to regime change. >> the troops weren't there for regime change, they are there to fight isis. >> initially they were there. but everybody kept changing their view. >> if i didn't ask one question about the book, the quait against socialism you write the poor are better off under capitalism because they are motivated to work if government destroys this

and the town of tal tamer now in asad's hands. his supporters resurfacing. says, "waiting for this day." but not everyone is celebrating. we met abu and his family on the turkish side of the border. he was planning to go home once kurdish militia were gone. not now. translation: i was shocked when they told me that the regime is now in control. we were happy when the turkish army went in. we were hoping to go back and live happily in our village. no one can go back with the regime there. his young relative mohammed wants to study medicine in the uk. he can't see a future in his homeland. i think this idea is impossible because i think the syrian war is endless. does that make you feel sad? i am feeling sad for my country, for my people, what can i do for them? this is the latest phase in the endless war. turkey continuing to pound northern syria. here, a drone strike. allegedly targeting a kurdish ammunition supply. "we work with the precision a jeweller," erdogan claimed today, but the civilian death toll is growing. and what of islamic state prisoners bein

genocide or ethnic cleansing, or the less bad option of aligning with the government of bashar al asad which is aligning with russia. faced with medical-ish shilitia the assad government. it's probably from their perspective the only choice they had. >> all right. richard engel with important reporting on the ground in northern syria, richard, thanks for bringing it, please stay safe out there. >>> with me now is ambassador dennis ross, an expert in both the middle east and russia. he's a councilor and the author of "be strong and of good courage." ambassador ross, nice to see you. you heard this report from richard engel. the lead today in "the new york times" by david sanger is heartbreaking because every warning everybody had about what would happen if the united states pulled back, it seemed it all happened within days. normally we have to wait months or years for a policy impact. >> not in this case. look, i think the only word you can use is "appalling." what we see here is a combination of things. number one, the very forces that fought and died did the brunt of the fighting and

and in this town, it is now in asad's hands, and his loyalists are resurfacing.ave kept this picture hidden for yea rs, i have kept this picture hidden for years, he says, waiting for this day. but not everyone here is celebrating. we met this man and his family ona celebrating. we met this man and his family on a turkish side of the border. he was planning to go home once the militia were gone. not now. translation: i was shocked when they told me that the regime is now in control. we were happy when the turkish army went in. we were hoping to go back and live happily in our village. no one can go back with the regime there. his young relative mohammed wants to study medicine in the uk. he can't see a future in his homeland. i think this idea is impossible, because i think the syrian war is endless. does that make you feel sad? i am feeling sad for my country, for my people, what i can do for them. this is the latest phase in the endless war. turkey continues to pound northern syria. here, a drone strike allegedly targeting a kurdish ammunition supply. we work w

trump hasjust thrown them under the bus, left them at asad's hands. oppose this turkish invasion, once the turkish threat recedes, he will start rounding up kurdish leaders and throwing them in prison as he has done all other opposition groups, so really long term it is a hugely difficult and tremendously sad situation. max hoffman in washington, thank you very much for being with us. interesting to hear your thoughts, just a couple of lines of that story today, the french prime minister saying tonight that the re—emergence of islamic state is inevitable in their view. of course they are looking at those pictures of is fighters escaping from some of the kurdish —controlled prisons and un security council meeting tomorrow to discuss all this. it will be interesting to see how that plays out actually, because don't forget as we said in the introduction, russia now saying they don't want the syrian side or the turkish side coming to blows. they are certainly not in favour of the turkish advance or do we get a scenario tomorrow where in fact the key playe

leader of the curtis military in syria has talked about, the syrian defence force, a rebel group, anti—asadhe group that calls itself islamic state was killed in a joint us — stf raid in syria. so whether it was pa rt raid in syria. so whether it was part of the operation against al—baghdadi or whether it was a separate operation in a different location, we don't yet know. but clearly the kurds are suggesting, as they have been throughout this day, that they were actively involved in the efforts to suppress islamic state. worth remembering, putin contacted —— putting in context of the things trump said earlier, 11,000 kurds died in the fight to break islamic state from syria. five us personnel were killed because largely the western presence was more intelligence based, providing logistics and air support, rather than troops on the ground. most troops on the ground were local troops on the ground were local troops fighting to end islamic state, we saw them doing so much damage to those two countries. according to the white pg, the kurdish militia dashed white pg, the spokesperson for islami

and as a result of that, i think, from president asad's position come and things are going very wellank you very much indeed. glad you were able to hear our much indeed. glad you were able to hear oui’ answers much indeed. glad you were able to hear our answers in the end. there isjeremy, live with us from ankara, the turkish capital. let's turn away from syria, go to business. well, there may be some good news for america's biggest car—maker — general motors. 118,000 workers have been on strike for the past month — and its cost the company more than a billion dollars because of that — it looks like there may be a deal. vivienne nunis in new york. help us understand what was dividing them and what may now be bringing them and what may now be bringing them together. there are a number of them together. there are a number of the sticking points in the negotiations ongoing between gm and the auto workers union. it all comes down the auto workers union. it all comes d own m ostly the auto workers union. it all comes down mostly to wages and conditions for when gm went through a really ba

very difficult situation where they have to decide whether to face turkey or make a deal with the asad referendum on scottish independence must have send next year. nicola sturgeon confirmed she would ask the uk government for formal consent by the end of this year. our correspondent as there. yes that was the most striking part of her speech, at the passages where she was talking about her timetable for independence and what was really noticeable was that three times during that part of the speech members in the hall stamped their feet and stood up and cheered and clapped and it was clear from that that in a way they were sending a message to the leadership that for then independence and making it happen as soon as possible was really the most important thing and of course brexit matters and of course there are social issues to deal and scotland but for the delegates who are here today, it is all about independence and nicola sturgeon laid out to them her vision as to why scotland should be an independent nation. we had a wealthy country bursting with talent and potential. this is our

does this mean that the turks have decided that asad is there for the duration and they want to kind of do away with the kurds, start bringing back sir yens and go back to normal business? very hard to say. and of course the point about isis, we are a long way from completely finishing up that thing. and that thing could rise up at any time, frankly. >> ambassador chris hill, we really appreciate your expertise on such an important and news making morning. thank you very much. we're going to be talking more about this later in the show. but we want to talk more about the jam-packed week on capitol hill with more deadlines and depositions coming up. a second whistle-blower now comes forward. reportedly with firsthand knowledge of president trump's phone call with the leader of ukraine. nbc's jeff bennett is on capitol hill. what do we know about the second whistle-blower and where do things go from here? >> reporter: well, i can tell you a number of u.s. diplomats have been called to the hill for their depositions as house democrats continue their impeachment inquiry. there was a sche

certainly in syria the gross abuse of human rights by the asad regime and the international committee to affect ineffectively to anything is degrading military complex but we all also see the set peacetime. china is engaging in horrific human rights abuses detaining over a million of its citizens and the world is basically silent. it's deeply troubling and we know this is happening in there plenty of ample information about it and china successfully basically bought off other countries. europe is largely silent and because of all large part with countries getting money from china and so as a view at the late 1990s and early 2000 that it was this broad waft of history that turned to progress and obama used to talk about that. it's optimistic but everything gets supported by reality. the u.s. engaged closely with china on the assumption that over time engagement would be to get more liberal and is not worn out. we now face a very serious competitor in china that is a different view of the world than the united states. ... military sports better than everybody else. honor and empathy rem

and they were fighting asad, secular parts of the revolution began to fight against the more fundamental islamist parts. i started traveling with my friend named matt and i write about him in the book, if he was starting this humanitarian aid organization, and they were based in atomic was 30 miles from the border crossing and a total drive of 45 or 50 minutes from aleppo. this is the part of syria we see in the headlines which is contested with turks moving in to fight the kurds. matt started his organization, hired a number of syrians living as refugees in southern turkey to work with him and one of them was a guy named document who i write about quite a bit. he was from damascus, worked at the -- console for many years, a great nephew, one of syria's poet laureates. and in our office, i was making dinner and awkward drives up at 9:00 at night, he gets out of his car in his clothes, walks into the house and i said how is your day? he was like elliott, i had an interesting day. i was down in a refugee camp. it is this wisp of a town on the turkish syrians border bisected by railroad tra

i hope it is a comfort for you that so many people mourn your asad loss and are praying for yu at thisledge that god truly blessed america with the life and legacy of elijah cummings, mentor, master of the house, northstar, mr. chairman, may he rest in peace. elijah cummings. thank you so much. [applause] [applause] >> good morning. >> good morning. , president obama -- [applause] clinton, vice president biden, secretary of state clinton, governor holden, mayor jack young, distinguished clergy and all of the pulpit guests, and ladies and those of us who are his friends will remember him, but you will remember him the most. every time the sun-splashed is on her face and warms us, we will miss elijah, but you will miss in most. we loved him, but you would come to love him most. please accept as you see the collective condolence of a whole host of americans, who share this moment in front of tv screens and radios, it will take this moment and teach it in schools next week, and who will share it with their own children. [applause] our prayers go out to his siblings, to his children, to all