institute for peace, the president's special envoy for defeating isis, bret mcguirk, seemed to say precisely the opposite. >> we are in syria to fight isis. that is our mission. and the mission isn't over, and we're going to complete that mission. >> a source close to the white house tells cnn that defense secretary james mattis has avoided bringing up the topic of syria withdrawal with the president. the source says the pentagon sees its job as destroying isis, something trump likes. so there's no upside to discussing u.s. troops in syria which he does not. >>> major breaking news at 4:06 eastern time. china is going to impose a 25% tariff on 106 products from the u.s. that's according to state media cctv. the date the tariffs will go into effect will be announced separately. the 106 products from the u.s. fall under 14 categories including, most importantly, soybeans. this according to cctv. a response to the white house detailing the $50 billion in chinese goods it plans to hit with tariffs. the list includes 1,300 items targeting chinese aerospace, tech, and manufacturing, also contains

in real team as the president was speaking to this news conference, bret mcguirk at almost the same moment saying united states is not going to leave until the fight is finished. so he is confusing people, and also contradicting top officials like bret mcguirk who are looked to around the world for guidance in what the president is doing. >> i appreciate it. the panel ways on all of this shortly. coming up tonight what could be breaking news. new reporter on what robert mueller told the president's lawyer on whether the president is or is not a -- ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release it, like it's supposed to. trulicity is not insulin. it comes in a once-weekly, truly easy-to-use pen. and it works 24/7. trulicity is an injection to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. don't use it as the first medicine to treat diabetes, or if you have type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you or your family have medullary

institute for peace, the preside president's convoy for defeating isis, bret mcguirk, she seemed to say precisely the opposite. >> we are in syria to fight isis. that is our mission. and the mission isn't over. and we're going to complete the mission. >> a source close to the white house tells cnn defense secretary mattis has avoided bringing up the topic of syria withdrawal with the president. the source says the pentagon sees its job as destroying isis, something that the president likes. there's no upside to discussing u.s. troops in syria which the president does not like. >>> today the presidents of russia, syria, and iran will meet to discuss their own resolution to the war in syria. many observers say the absence of the u.s. from the plan for soiree big mistake. -- syria a big mistake. fred pleitgen with more. what's on the agenda for the meeting? >> reporter: dave, essentially, i wouldn't say that the leaders are carving up syria, but they certainly are doing a lot to determine the future of syria. and of course all of them want their spheres of flounce -- spheres of influence i

sense of the mixed messages from the white house, the president and his top adviser on this issue, bret mcguirk. >> as far as syria's concern, our primary mission in terms of that was getting rids of isis. we've almost completed that task. i want to get out, i want to bring our troops back home and start rebuilding our nation. >> our campaign and syria, we were in syria to fight isis, that is our mission and our mission isn't over. we're going to complete that mission. >> so, the wanting to get out, we've done the job, the mission isn't over. those are two different views. the president can position this in a number of ways. there has been a lot of progress, he can tout that. we expect this statement to come sfiems in the next, perhaps, we were told it wouldn't be in time for your broadcast, they were preparing that. sorry about that, i thought it wouldn't be. >> no, thank you for the spells fifty in the questions you're asking. >> i think it will come soon. >> kelly, thank you i'll see you at the white house in a bit. it's interesting when you look at the two comment precise the president and