he did talk about taking back the caliphate. but he's talking -- he's talking a timeline which is something that republicans skewered. just took out obama over. >> here's what i'll say. if you obsess over the micro of this in one simple moment and say look at the overall, what he's talking about, when he talks about a caliphate, and not allowing him to set up a caliphate, that means in translation defeating them, having no place where they are safe, safe havens, syria, iraq, et cetera. that's clearly what the president is referring to with the caliphate. the definition of a caliphate is setting up a -- >> he's also talking -- ben, if i may, he's talking about then having -- just to be clear, the u.s. is not alone in its anti-isis campaign, right? there is a lot of countries involved in this. he's, yes, talking about that, but then clearly there would still be work to be done and he's talking about dispatching that to other countries, besides the u.s. it is not like isis is gone, out the u.s. goes, there is no more of an issue. h

well i mean it would depend on each individual to capture the caliphate. would be actually training guns knives how to kill and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality. because that means when they do. go do something very similar to the root threat to society it's impossible to know . just how many children have been brainwashed by eisel but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities are putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of john hardy's the prime minister has said that sixty eight have already come back many more are expected to follow. programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. videos like this have emerged showing children carrying out mock executions. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into being perpetrators but in the video that we just saw are you see

if there isn't stability there, the caliphate will keep coming back. isis keeps coming back.nderstand the president's concerns. i do hope he does listen to his advisors and stays as long as we need to so we're not in there a couple years from now with a much more serious problem. melissa: rebecca, always great insight. we really appreciate having you on. >> thank you. david: slamming president trump on trade. why the white house trade director says the new deal with south korea has critics singing a very different tune right now. steve forbes, forbes media chairman, reacting coming next. melissa: plus look out for our nation's heroes. what the va shake-up could mean for the future of our veterans. that's coming up. ♪ >> i don't think that the president should be happy with where we were and as secretary i wasn't happy where we were. we have to figure out how to move the bureaucracy and move it faster and be more responsive. >> weil cnbc is on tape, we're open for business. ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. and i can do it with what's already within me. because my body can st

well i mean it would depend on each individual to the cops of the caliphate believe that cool would be actually trying the guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for the bitches because that means when they do that we'll be there. to fight them go do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of john hardy's the prime minister has said that sixty eight have already come back and many more are expected to follow. the programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into being perpetrators but in the video that we just saw are you see the sadism of the adu

james: what is left, the caliphate basically does not exist anymore. i think we have a map.ill show you. the islamic state has managed to onto two small parts, they have limited control, in areas where there are no cities. basically on the border of iraq, close to the east of the country on one side, and on the other side of the euphrates river. and the caliphate is d dead, but what is not dead is the idea of the islamic state and what has not been destroyed, obviously, are the aspirations of sunni arabs in syria. and this is going to be a very big challenge, because when the islamic state rose to power in these areas it was indeed backed by the desire of the population to have more freedom to have , more say in the political system in the country, because they consider themselves under the control of assad, a shiite. that is all intact. the situation now is that it will come back to what it was politically in 2011. but the difference is now the s have been destroyed and most people have lost half their families, so the big challenge now is to find the political system for s

very soon, we are going to have 100% of the caliphate, taking it all back quickly. we are going to be coming out of there real soon. >> with those words the head scratching began. nobody knew what he meant. because nobody saw it coming. even a day later, nobody knows what to make it. industrial trying to figure out what he meant about syria yesterday. national security counsel quoting the president's comment speaks for itself. keeping them honest though, it seems like the president spoke before any such case was even made to him one way or the other. there is a reason after all that these decisions usually come after a whole lot of knowledgeable people, give the president their advice. a whole lot of lives are at stake at syria and neighboring countries. let's take the nsc's advice, when president trump said quote let the other people take care of it. did he know these people were likely to be iran and russia, we don't know. and when the president said we will be coming out very soon. he himself railed against on the campaign trail and boasted that he would never do

dealing with the families of ice sole fighters returning from syria and iraq after the fall of the caliphate some states like france have unveiled plans to start the reintegration process at schools artie's or charlotte who once again are reporting from paris on the threat posed by radicalized children they just children born innocent into a will to tallahassee. but while most children are playing with dolls and because these are being taught to play with guns and knives and some have even been trained to kill. well i mean it would depend on each individual to be up to the caliphate the cool would be actually trying the guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for them which is really scary because that means when they do that we'll be there. to fight them go do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the aut

fighters who've returned back to france following the collapse of the terror group self-proclaimed caliph it. reports next from paris on the threat posed by radicalized youngsters. they're just children born in a suit into a world of brutality that while most children are playing with dolls and because these are being taught to play with guns and knives and some have even been trained to kill. well i mean it would depend on each individual to be up to the caliphate the cool would be actually trying the guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for them which is really scary because that means when they do that would be. like to go do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of jihadi s. the prime minister has said that sixty eight

well i mean it would depend on each individual if it should be up to the caliphate i believe the cool would be actually training guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for the bitches because that means when they do that will be. like them to do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of john hardy the prime minister has said that sixty eight have already come back and many more are expected to follow. programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. videos like this have emerged showing children carrying out mock executions. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into being perpetrators

the cops of the caliphate because. he actually trained the guns knives to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for them. because that means when they do. go do something very similar. it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities are putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of jihadi is the prime minister has said sixty eight have already come back many more are expected to follow. programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. videos like this have emerged showing children carrying out mock executions. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into being perpetrators but in the video that we just saw are you see the sadism of the adults bein

care of it now very soon very soon we're coming now we're going to have a hundred percent of the caliphate as they call it sometimes you for it to his land take it all back quickly quickly there have been more protests in the u.s. state of california following the funeral of a black man shot dead while by police while an armed officer has blocked roads as groups marching right now as you can see in sacramento after the service for stefan clark he was shot by officers who believe he pointed a gun at them but investigators found a mobile phone and no weapon near his body. the united nations says it's appalled by the deaths of sixty eight people in venezuela after a riot and fire in the holding cells of a police station there have been burgled services in valencia for some of the victims hundreds of women have rallied in guinea to demand justice for people who died in opposition protests they carry pictures of young men who they say were killed by police disputed local elections last month the fueled anti-government sentiments of opposition groups in the west african country the mayor of liby

the cops of the caliphate i believe the cool would be actually training guns knives to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for the bitches because that means when they do that we'll be there. to fight them to do something very similar. to suicide it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities are putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of jihadi s. the prime minister has said that sixty eight have already come back and many more are expected to follow. programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. videos like this have emerged showing children carrying out mock executions. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into being perpetrators but in the video that we just saw are you see the sadism of the adults

well i mean it would depend on each individual if it should be up to the caliphate or believe the cool would be actually training guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for the bitches because that means when they do that will be. more likely to make them go do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of jihadi is the prime minister has said that sixty eight have already come back many more are expected to follow. programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. videos like this have emerged showing children carrying out mock executions. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into being per

whipping out -- wiping out isis fall i caliphate in syria, now it's coming apart. what do you think of whether the united states da -- don't plan to stay forever but staying for longer seems a better idea than pulling out precipitously andly on youing isis to get back in and re-establish the caliphate. >> you have your finger right on the problem. talking to my sources in the pentagon, they're under orders to stay in syria indefinitely. that doesn't mean forever, obviously. but no time line. reason there's no time line, there's about 3,000 isis fighters hanging around in circa and iraq. in syria they're in the southeastern part of it. more work to be done. we don't want them going back in to the reclaimed territory that we took away from them. this administration, i don't believe, is going to make the mistake the obaba administration made in afghanistan by precipitously pulling out in 2011 regardless of the conditions on the ground. and we all know what we got for that, we got isis. grew to 30,000 strong. wound up killing thousands and how sands of people. this adm

cops of the caliphate. would be actually true.

care of it now very soon very soon we're coming now we're going to have a hundred percent of the caliphate as they call it sometimes you for it to his land take it all back quickly quickly as with some previous trump announcement this one caught many in washington off guard including the state department. i can't comment on what the president supposedly said i haven't seen and i have to refer you back to the white house and suppose that i have not seen it myself and said it i have not seen that myself ok but you know you don't you don't necessarily comment or report on things that have been heard secondhand and i'm not going to do that that's ok that's fine so you're not aware of any policy determination to poor old to pull the us out of so i am not no ok so that's so the president is just speaking off the cuff i don't know i don't know what is it we're already back in the white house i'm not and i'm not aware it's not just the. the u.s. joined the syria conflict during a proc obama's presidency and one mission was to support groups fighting i saw the pentagon says about two thousand u.s.

we'll have 100% of the caliphate as they call it. sometimes referred to as land. we have taken it back quickly. we will come out of there real soon. >> it is not just land, but ideology that matters in syria. one official telling cnn it is not clear what the president meant and the u.s. still needs to decide on a policy regarding the future of bashar al assad. >>> james mattis trying a little comedy to break the ice with john bolton. we think it was comedy. listen. >> thank you for coming and it's good to finally meet you. absolutely. i heard you are the devil incarnate. >> he has been concerned about working with the former ambassador to the u.n. he and bolton said different things about iran. >> t >>> the president is in florida starting the long weekend at mar-a-lago. before he decided to fire a cabinet member david shulkin. mr. president is eager to see the day when you can run to the private doctor if necessary for the v.a. >> we will have real choice. that's why i made changes because i wasn't happy with the speed with which our veterans were taken care of.

take care of it now very soon very soon will come and we're going to have a hundred percent of the caliphate as they call it sometimes referred to as land take it all back quickly quickly well and they are too was a senior syria advisor to samantha power who was washington's u.n. ambassador during the obama administration and he says that it's unlikely trumps comments represent an actual policy change. i was literally just speaking with some colleagues of mine former colleagues of mine at the state department who are getting ready to deploy to syria to to do their work out there in the northern part of the syria where the u.s. military stationed so i really think this caught everyone off guard and i don't think it's particularly connected to any real policy the united states continues to pursued in the region the policy in the past has been to intervene in as little of a way as possible to try to. address the humanitarian situation without getting in broiled in a broader conflict in the middle east that's kind of been the policy but really clearly it has not worked with this administration t

the caliphate has fallen. osama bin laden is dead. the threat of islamic terror remains. indeed, isis continues to direct or inspire attacks in the last including the halloween back in new york, a string of atrocities in europe. some ear has not yet been captured. meanwhile, al qaeda remains active in afghanistan, syria and yemen.across the world, france and nigeria, islamism continues to extract followers and the threat of terror still looms. >> and while western governments made considerable progress in countering islamic terrorism since the attacks of 9/11, infusion remains over the exact nature of the threat and the mindset of the jihadists. if we are to defeat this enemy, we must first learn to think like him. some advice in the art of war remains astute today as when he first wrote it down 2500 years ago.know yourself, know your enemy, and 100 battles will never be the same. >> how then do terrorists think about strategy? more specifically, in what ways do they think about strategy differently than we do. >> how do they define winning , what do they fear most? >> to

islamic state fighters who've returned home following the collapse of the group's self-proclaimed caliphate charlotte de baets reports from paris. they just children. into a world of brutality. while most children are playing with dolls and cars these are being taught to play with guns and knives and some have even been trained to kill. what. comes with the kind of. actually training guns knives. and all of that. makes it something. they do. to do something very similar to the. sort it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by a.a. i saw but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities are putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of john hardy is the prime minister. has said that sixty eight have already come back many more are expected to follow. programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. videos like this have emerged showing children carrying out mock executions the little ch

president donald trump it's that new tariffs trump on vince plans to hike caliphs on on up to sixty billion dollars in goods from china and nearly he says it's in retaliation for unfair trade practices. illegals are relieved to hear that they will be exempted from trump's tariffs for now but they say they are ready with their own countermeasures if a trade war breaks out. and hard line a john bolton is trump's new national security adviser he's advocated preemptive strikes on north korea and thinks the u.s. should dump the iran nuclear deal so what could his appointment mean for global security. hello and welcome. u.s. president donald trump speaks and says the reading he's announced two major moves a new national security adviser with notably hardline views and the threat of higher create out of sagansky china the town of announcement has said deal the market sliding as fears of a trade war grow as much as sixty billion dollars worth of and new chinese exports to the u.s. could be affected. this is the first of many punishing china on trade it was one of president trump's most fiery campai

we'll have 00% of the caliph a.s they call it, sometimes referred to as land, taking it all back quickly, quickly. we're going to be coming out of there real soon. >> what happened in that infrastructuibit of news we heard this from the pentagon. >> the coalition has significantly degrade isis, important work remains to guarantee the lasting defeat of these violent extremists. we will continue to degrade, destroy and ultimately defeat isis. >> lives are on the line. 2,000 troops are in sioux era. we are learning one u.s. service member was just killed in an explosive attack. barbara starr is with me now. did officials at the pentagon have any idea what the president meant by what he said in ohio? >> i asked a fair number of officials around the building today, brooke and they're sort of left with that, we don't know kind of shrug. not that they don't take the president, the commander in chief seriously, for the record. but they're shrugging their shoulders, what does he mean. i can't find anybody that tells any more

take care of it now very soon very soon become an hour we're going to have a hundred percent of the caliphate as they call it sometimes referred to as land take it all back quickly quickly syrian rebels are denying reports of a deal for them to leave the town of duma there damascus it's the last area of rebel controlled territory in eastern couso which has come under ferocious syrian government bombardment. russia's foreign ministry is something ambassadors from ten countries whom it accuses of taking unfriendly steps the move follows moscow's expulsion of over one hundred fifty diplomats including sixty americans it's part of the diplomatic dispute over the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the u.k. a fire on board a bus in thailand has killed at least twenty migrant workers from myanmar police don't know what caused the blaze on the bus which was carrying forty seven people to an industrial zone near bangkok a man was new president has been sworn in you when met was the lower house speaker is now live on the sensor cheat she maintains executive order though as head of th

in iraq and syria, the physical caliphate is a significant victory and i commend the administration in your leadership and colleagues for this. it was a us-led international coalition and our iraqi and syria partners on the ground have done so much however isis is not defeated and will remain a threat for the first usable future. additionally, the underlying issues that gave rise remain unaddressed. we need strong diplomatic leadership to bring about the necessary political accommodations that will give sunni communities a stake in the future and to bring the international community to assist communities recovering from isis. as some experts have stated the seeds are sold. [inaudible] iraq alone, the cost of reconstruction is expected to be at least $80 billion in the international community has pledged less than one third of that amount. i'm deeply concerned of the marginalization of the diplomatic corps. it is notable that across areas of responsibility, number of areas remain vacant and most notably in jordan or somalia where i recently visited but also saudi arabia, qatar and egypt

you have got foreign policy he is driven isis out of his caliphate. he has reversed obama's withdrawal from afghanistan. he enforced obama's red line in syria. gorsuch on the supreme court. the doing this much, with this much chaos. imagine if there is no chaos how much he would accomplish. >> martha: raises the question. which think the one person who doesn't seem all that ruffled by any of it is the president. >> well, first of all, mark wins the spin award for that last comment. i think. >> martha: congratulations, mark. >> thank you. coexist. and i don't think they can. and i think while jokes aside, mark saying that imagine if he got his act together. there is no indication they would be. i mean, mark himself worked the beginning of the bush administration, it is not uncommon for the first year of a white house or for an administration to have growing pains. that's not what this is. and this is also not governing by chaos. this is unintended chaos. and i don't think that that is serving the president or the american people well. >> martha: so ho

isis caliphate, gone. israel. strong economy obviously at home. lowest corporate tax rate that everyone said they wanted. so he has done all of these things. and every week something like that happens, there is a stormy daniels, a rob porter, john kelly, jared kushner. it is dizzying. >> the stormy daniels thing is a different on order of magnitude. rob porter was in terms of security clearances. jared kushner, that is also -- >> i'm just saying scandal sometimes competes with success. >> agreed. a lot of people took note on the timing given that the stormy daniels is back in the news frontally doesn't mean necessarily he is trying to change the subject, but it is hard to ignore the timeline. >> sometimes it's something unrelated that gets in the way. >> that's right. >> but sometimes it's something very related to it. >> that's right. >> he had he was going to help the middleclass. he lowered corporate tax rates. you're going to get criticized for that. we have never seen that wind of being a boost for the middleclass. on israel, yeah, they do ha

dealing with the families of i still fighters returning from syria and iraq after the fall of the caliphate some states like france of unveiled plans to start the reintegration process at schools. he reports from paris on the threat posed by radicalized children.

in iraq in syria, the physical caliphate is a significant victory and i commend the administration in your leadership and colleagues too. our rack partners on the ground have done so much. additionally, the underlying issues remain unaddressed. we need strong u.s. diplomatic leadership to bring about the necessary political accommodations that will give sunni communities a stake in their future and to bring the international community together to assist communities recovery from isis. as some experts have stated, the seeds of uncertainty are sown. in iraq alone, the cost of reconstruction is expected to be at least $88 billion in the community has pledged less than one third of that amount. i'm deeply concerned the administrations modernization of our diplomatic corps undermines our ability to stabilize areas once held by isis as well as the broader region. it is notable that the areas of responsibility remain vacant. this is not a question of congressional action. no nominations have been forthcoming. i'm sure our colleagues would rapidly move to consider nominees for these very impo

a physical caliphate, reinforced by inflows of fighters and settlers from the middle east and beyond the middle east. and expanding its propaganda influence, ideology, whatever, to many localized groups in other parts of the world, micro cells, jihadists in the developed world, and so on and so forth. the demise of isis court in serious and iraq, it may not be complete, i agree. it is more or less bringing an as this ambition to have a global caliphate. -- dependent get on controlling territory. thisis an end of centrifugal system of this claim. however, it does not necessarily change the overall pattern that i have described. there are very solid grounds to expect in the foreseeable future the bulk of terrorist global activity will still be produced by a certain type of movement. territoryively large -based movements combining combat with terrorist activity in the muslim world. i do not see any grounds to suggest that this pattern is likely to radically change. i think this is a more important finding, whether isis would be whether al qaeda will come back again to read assert itself

and nobody so the reason is you have erdogan radicalizing his population for the caliphate movement. you have the saudis still pushing wahhabism and maybe they are marginalizing brotherhood ideology. you have a egyptian islamism but all over the world islamist and is still thriving and we are not on the offense. we need to start realizing that we are never going to win this militarily. we can do the whack-a-mole thing militarily but until we could take liberty and freedom on the offense and just like the russians have promised to send their ideas here we have to take the idea of liberty and arabic and farsi in every language to begin to have an offense for countering violent islamism, not just extremism. [applause] >> i wish we had more time. iran and venezuela north korea we could touch on some the things that i want to thank our panelists for laying out the national security threats for the united states. thank you all of you guys for being here. thank you john bolton, erielle davidson and zuhdi jasser. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> host: bob quinn as a senior executive vice president for at&t

your military victories in mosul and beyond have helped dismantle the caliphate isis once claimed in the middle east. the same time significant challenges remain in the region. the syrian civil war rages on. iran continues to grow its influence and fund its proxies. we face serious questions about the current many of whom fought by our side valiantly. for africa, let me make -- africomm, let me make one statement i think is significant for us to keep in mind for the purposes of this hearing. general, it's my understanding the investigation into the nijer , 2017 ambush in that killed four u.s. soldiers is completed. understand it's now pending review by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general dunford, and secretary of defense mattis. after his approval, africomm will immediately be offered a brief to the families of the four soldiers if they desire prior to any in depth briefing to congress. obviously we want the families to know what happened to their loved ones. coorlingdly, understand you are t able to comment on the investigations at this hearing. after the brief to the

the cops of the caliphate i believe the cool would be actually trying the guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for the which is really scary because that means when they do that will be. a lot like to go do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of john hardy's the prime minister has said that sixty eight have already come back and many more are expected to follow programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done next. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into being perpetrators but in the video that we just saw are you seeing the sadism of the adults being played out through the child

well i mean it would depend on each individual it should be up to the caliphate i believe the cool would be actually training guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for the bitches because that means when they do that we'll be there. to fight them go do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of john hardy the prime minister has said that sixty eight have already come back and many more are expected to follow. the programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into being perpetrators but in the video that we just saw are you see the sadism of the adul

well i mean it would depend on each individual to the cops of the caliphate i believe the cool would be actually trying the guns knives and how to kill people and not only that we have seen people being killed and of course that makes it some form of normality for the bitches because that means when they do that will be. a lot like to go do something very similar to the real threat to society it's impossible to know just how many children have been brainwashed by myself but they have already started to return home to germany belgium the netherlands meanwhile in france the authorities putting together a plan to reintegrate the returning children of john hardy as the prime minister has said that sixty eight have already come back many more are expected to follow programs to help these children readjust have been announced by governments across europe but is it too late to reverse the damage already done. the little children are not only victims but they're on the cusp of being forced into be perpetrators but in the video that we just saw are you see the sadism of the adults being playe

the caliphate that ice is now holds king abdullah of jordan who is not simply the muslim king of a muslim country unlike our president i. trump and bolton have expressed some very different views on key foreign policy issues i think they want to make peace i think it's time so it could be a long and unproductive meeting or it could be a short non productive meeting we hope that these new measures directed at the arabian dictatorship will compel the government to reevaluate its pursuit of terror at the expense of its people well i think he's on the verge of making a mistake i think his advisors are pushing him in the wrong direction you know honestly the certification question is utterly irrelevant well aside from north korea and iran john bolton has made some highly aggressive remarks about moscow he described alleged kremlin meddling as an act of war against america but his appearance in a russian gun advocacy video five years ago has left many people confused about his actual views or the russian national government to grant a broader right to bear arms to its people it would be creatin

. >> we're on the 2 yard line of finishing the physical destruction of the caliphate. >> reporter: and following that progress, president trump now effectively declaring the war over. >> we'll be coming out of syria like very soon. let the other people take care of it now. >> reporter: but here in syria many u.s. military commanders worry withdrawing without a plan could jeopardize everything they've accomplished. nearly all of the ground combat has been done by these u.s.-backed kurdish-led fighters, but they are now under attack from turkey. if the u.s. leaves, they could be wiped out. at a graveyard for some of the 4,000 men and women who died fighting isis alongside u.s. forces, this kurdish commander told us the u.s. was already betraying them. americans need to remember the sacrifices we've made, she says. we liberated this land together. and we should protect each other. and without the trust and cooperation of our allies, isis could make a comeback. >> i don't think we can go backwards. i don't even want to contemplate that future. that's not a world i want to live in. >> repor