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some 2000 troops could lead to the resurgence of the islamic state group. >> lindsey graham's strategy meeting with donald trump prompted another change of heart. the withdrawal from syria is not the disaster that lindsey graham first feared. >> i like what i have heard. wewe still have some difference, but i will tell you that the president is thinking long and hard about syria and how to withdraw the forces and at the same time achieve the national security interests, which are to make sure that isis is destroyed , that they never come back, that our allies are protected. announcement that the united states will be withdrawing its troops from syria was met with surprise amongst allies. secretary, jim mattis, and brett mcgurk, the special l envoy to thehe global coalition of the islamic state resigned in the wake of the news. graham had initially called for an immediate withdrawal being an obama like mistake that would engender national -- in danger national security. it would be of a trail of the u.s. backed kurdish whoters of the militia would be left the honorable to neighboring turkey. this afterer h

. >> the relationship between graham and the president is one of the more interesting ones. they are bitter rivals. donald trump gave out lindsey graham's phone number. they have become close allies. graham has come over for meals. graham defended the president's approach toward the mueller probe. he's pushing himself as one of the closer allies in the senate, but left room to break with him on things. we saw that with syria. he's critical with trump's decision. >> now saying he is confident with his decision. >> trying to have it both ways. learn new things, but the president was going to slow down the pace. garrett is right, we shouldn't take anyone's position on this, seriously, unless it is from the president himself. lindsey graham can float the deal. if it looks like the white house is going to negotiate. they are trying to end the shutdown. unless the president, himself, commits to it, i don't think the democrats know what to make of it. we saw the president in a number of tweets suggest he is not going to budge. >> the white house is trying to put out there they are negotiating, even though they h

troops from syria senator lindsey graham says u.s. president donald trump is committed to defeating isilon to meeting with him at the white house graham has criticized trump's announcement this month of removing all two thousand u.s. troops from syria saying it could destabilize the region we still have some differences but i will tell you that the president is thinking long and hard about syria how to withdraw our forces but at the same time achieve our national security interests which are to make sure that isis is destroyed they never come back their allies the kurds are protected and that iran doesn't become the big winner of our leaving and i feel pretty good about where we're headed. obama does our correspondent shows nothing goes into the turkey syria border and i haven't really a warning from president trump's own side and perhaps some encouragement to those on the ground in syria that politicians in the u.s. want to act wisely and any withdrawal decision. yes of course they were warned about the hoppen but the trump stepping on the brakes wil

donald trump. not lindsey graham, not john kelly, not kellyanne conway. knows, you have senior republicans on the hill who felt burned by donald trump who has said things and signaled he would agree to things only to find out that wasn't the case. so, again, not clear donald trump will sign off on it. >> what donald trump says, whether or not it comes to fruition, is always a question mark. any democrats you know of feeling a little heartened by what they heard from lindsey graham? >> no, not particularly. the bottom line to democrats up here is they don't believe the president is in favor of something until it comes out of his mouth and even then it may not be the case. graham is a deal maker but he also freelances. he'll float ideas that are his ideas, try to build support for them. sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. the fact he came out of that oval office meeting and said the president was supportive but not ready to sign off doesn't get very far. the president often has people leave meetings with him convinced that he supports what they sup

troops from syria donald trump has been hinting at that on twitter also on twitter lindsey graham who's of course an influential u.s. senator just been checking his twitter feed very much in opposition he says in a series of tweets withdrawal of this small american force in syria would be a huge obama like mistake with all due respect isis is not defeated in syria and iraq and certainly not afghanistan president trump is right to want to contain iran an expansion withdrawal of forces in syria might undercut that decision would be viewed as a boost to isis i mean what's it five four five tweets there a lot of opposition from a very senior u.s. senator who is usually pretty close to donald trump but certainly hasn't been on this or on the issues so that's just an update on u.s. troop withdrawal potential u.s. troop withdrawal from syria we're going to look now at an investigation of the new york times which has discovered that facebook has been providing major tech companies uncensored access to its users private messages this is the latest blow for social for the social media company whi

arantxa >> comenzamos nuestra emisiÓn en washington donde el residente donald trump tuvo un almuerzo con el legislador leslie grahamdel reparte el de gobierno que ya estÁ en su noveno dÍa. en el encuentro tambiÉn se hablÓ de negociar la regulaciÓn de los jÓvenes soÑadores protegidos por daca y restablecer el tps para varios inmigrantes. >> tras dos horas con trump se lo de un potencial acuerdo para terminar con el cierre de gobierno que implicarÍa acuerdos en temas migratorios. el presidente no se comprometiÓ pero estÁ abierto a un compromiso de crear un senador republicano. se refiere a un posible acuerdo sobre los jÓvenes senadores y tambiÉn para los beneficiarios del tps. "pienso que $5,000,000,000 para seguridad fronteriza y el muro le da permiso de-- afirmÓ peroafirmaron en el pasado que lo que quieren es un camino a la ciudadanÍa. no un permiso de trabajo. el lÍder demÓcrata del senado afirma que la casa blanca no sabe lo que quiere porque por un lado afirma que estÁ dispuesta un compromiso y por el otro que no cederÁ con el tema del muro. >>hay muchos beneficiarios del tps en el congreso y creo que trump est

. >> now invoking john mccain isn't going to score lindsey graham any points with donald trump but itlly rallies public opinion on this. i could imagine a scenario in which lindsey graham might say look, mr. president, this is not a useful alliance for you. it's possible to still be allied with this country but find a way to cut loose this man. he's going to get into a lot of familial politics on both sides of the atlantic here because, of course, jared kushner is somebody who's been so closely working with mbs on a host of other issues. this will be very thorny but this is the kind of situation that lindsey graham i think looks for, right? he's been trying to get close to donald trump so he can exert influence when an issue rises that matters to hill. this would be a good opportunity to see if that's possible. >> all right, garrett haake on capitol hill for us. thank you very much, sir. appreciate it. >>> you are looking live at the capitol rotunda now in washington, d.c., where the body of president george h.w. bush is lying in state. family, friends, citizens and dignitaries all co

lindsey graham from donald trump's republican party is warning of dire consequences if stronger action isn't taken against the saudi crown prince over the murder. i know would have been within the us those fifteen people left saudi arabia did so under the command in the direction of the in the us could been focusing on because as a critic for two years he's rendition people east taken people from other countries saudi citizens brought him back to saudi arabia arabia to abuse them this is a pattern for him he did it he knew about it couldn't happen without his knowledge i'm not going to forgive it big deal we need to come down hard because if we don't we're opening up pandora's box meanwhile turkey's foreign minister has again called on saudi arabia to be more transparent and assist with the investigation into. the president there were made it very clear that on our side you know as being a very transparent and very credible investigation we haven't received any or any. new information coming out of the investigation from so this i saw it has to be also very great it will be transparent

killing friday that is part of a larger campaign planned for twenty nineteen well lindsey graham a senator for donald trump's republican party wards of the dire consequences if strong action isn't taken against the saudi crown prince over the murder and i would have been within the us those fifteen people of saudi arabia did so under the command in the direction of the in the us who have been focusing on as a critic for two years he's renditioned people he's taken people from other countries saudi citizens brought him back to saudi arabia arabia to abuse them this is a pattern for him he did it he knew about it couldn't happen without his knowledge i'm not going to forgive that big deal we need to come down hard because if we don't we're opening up pandora's box. molly is the president and c.e.o. of the international crisis group joins me now live from doha on the hawthorns been hosted by qatar could have you with us on al-jazeera how important is that senate vote been be it that it will be enshrined in law is possibly going to be vetoed by the president in the bigger picture of what's going on here

todd: donald trump firing back at linda graham as he leads bipartisan outrage against the plan to pullsyria, the president tweeting so hard to believe lindsay graham would be against it, soldier lives and billions of dollars, why are we fighting for our enemy, syria, staying and coming isis for them, he russia and iran, time to focus on our country and bring our youth back home where they belong. many critics say the fight against isis is not over and now is the wrong time to pull back. the trump administration is planning to bring home half the troops currently in afghanistan. the withdrawal could begin weeks bringing 7000 troops home by the end of spring according to us officials, the president discussed the plan with top national security advisers, 14,000 us troops serving in the war-torn country. carley: house democrats pushing for acting attorney general matthew whitaker to testify new year. this despite the ethics panel finding no conflict of interest between him and the mueller probe. katherine herridge brings us the latest. >> reporter: after an ethics review, acting attorney g

. >> reporter: right the lindsey graham-donald trump relationship is one of the most fascinating in washington. sometimes foes, sometimes friends. a recent ally of the president and now blasting the president's decision to pull troops out of syria, suggesting it is an obama-like mistake and suggesting it will make isis more likely to reconstitute itself in syria. those are tough criticisms and that's part of why you see the president tweeting that he's done more to defeat isis than any president this history >> the markets are reacting to all this news in washington while digesting comments that it boosts its stocks for a little while. now heading back to recession lows all of this has resulted in almost a 3% range on the s&p 500 today. >> yes, he said further rate hikes were not a commitment for a promise. they sold right into it. >> take a look a terrible week for them communication services, you see that down. big twitter, netflix, google, all in that sector big, big volume. big at the open, big at the close. options are expiring here. we'll get a reduced waiting. buying back stock through

premature withdrawal of troops in afghanistan is one of lindsey graham's greatest fears and one of the major goals of his trip was convincing donaldsenator lindsey graham is on a mission, a mission to connect with the troops but also a mission to convince a president that after 17 years, afghanistan is still a fight worth fighting. you've been here so many times. why come back this time? what is this visit about? >> well, i always come back as much as i can. one, if you're sending people over here to fight for your country, you at least owe it to them to check in on them. >> reporter: we had exclusive access to follow graham on a whirlwind tour. he's been to the region 40 times, but this marks his first trip back to afghanistan without his closest friend and confidante. >> this is the first trip without john mccain. this is a tough one. i was just thinking how many times i've been here but almost all the time with john. and the president's going to make some decisions about afghanistan soon. i hope he makes good ones. >> reporter: from kabul to kandahar, his message to the troops -- we've got your back. >> outstanding. how long ha

mike let's talk a little more about what certainly lindsey graham had to say about donald trump and his administration the references to pompei and matters who spoke at and the reporter kit making the point at those same microphones a week ago and came out and said no there's nothing linking them. more i mean these are effectively attacks or polite attacks on the senators against secretaries of state and defense. indeed yes well the senators lindsey graham put it you would have to be willfully blind not to know that the crown prince was responsible for the murder as pointed out both the secretary of defense and secretary of state insisting that there was no smoking gun that there was no direct relationship between the crown prince and the murder however every single senator coming out now says yes there is completely contradicting the secretaries of state secretary of defense and indeed the president himself president trump you heard lindsey graham there being somewhat charitable by saying that perhaps my pump ale and jim matters were being good soldiers as he put it to support the pres

graham as he is better about where that u.s. is heading with sarah after meeting with donald trump. >> i like what i heard we have differences but i will tell you, the president is thinking long and hard about syria, how to withdraw the forces but at the same time achieve our national security interest here >> graham criticized the decision to withdraw troops out of syria saying isis is not fully defeated and removing personnel transduced and he make sure the president understands the need to finish that job. >>> lawmakers are promising to investigate of two children who died in the custody of border patrol agents. jane reports on the debate between the policy and the politics. >> reporter: republican senator lindsey graham promises congress will look into the death of migrant children who were in u.s. border patrol custody. one died from shock and dehydration and alonzo passed away after coming down trp says of children or others are the fault of the de the pathetic immigration policies. kellyanne conway says the death is a tragedy. so are the attempted clinical gains. >> i don't political ponds. >> this is what the president j

one, you had almost the same statementm seneca, south carolina's favorite son and donald trump's nebest friend lindsey grahamndsey graham a hawk on defense, and nancy elosi, the demcratic leader from the bay area of san francisco, a card carlirying ral, and they both said the same thing, the losjs of im mattis was a tragedy for the country and a loss that's incalculable. so that'hewhat i say about sense of panic. >> woodruff: and you have thet, commnusual comment from the senate majority leader mitch mcco that he was concerned about the reason -- just what you were citing -- the reasons that secretary mattis gave in his letter. but my question remains, where is the check?d if there sho a check, where is it going to come from?f >> well, tunately, senator rubio is right on foreign policy policy issues, the presidenhas a lot of leeway. they can't force him to stay in syria. and part of thncerns not just personnel. it's actually policy. getting out of syria is a terrible idea from many different perspectives. we are in the process of pursuing a buildup to a major operations against i.s.i.s. in the euphrates vall

killing friday's ad is part of a larger campaign planned for twenty nineteen lindsey graham is a senator from donald trump's republican party he says the current relationship with saudi arabia isn't working they're going to sell or they will start.

is very angry with saudi arabia when you have people like lindsey graham who have been big supporters of donald trump and also of the saudi regime standing up and saying we have to send a message and he is supporting this then you know that saudi arabia has more than a p.r. problem in the united states it is a real problem with people who decide policy and direct foreign policy in the u.s. right so that's the difference because it's because saudi arabia can seemingly always count on the executive support on the support of the president and the administration itself but inevitably or eventually i should say that the congress might actually be able to take action against the saudis outside of that support. well certainly there is no one in the senate who is saying that they will raise this again in new year and that's important because at the beginning of january there's a new house sworn in a new congress new session of congress and of course in the house of representatives that will be democratically controlled nancy pelosi will be the speaker and then she will decide what can and cannot make i

pablo: otros piensan que las declaraciones de graham son sÓlo una sonda para ver si la base conservadora de donaldos federales empiezan el aÑo trabajando sin paga o sin trabajo. en la entrevista para la cadena abc, afirmÓ que no cree que donald trump diga la verdad. cuando se le preguntÓ si si creÍa que donald trump era inmortal, el general dijo que creÍa que sí. el cierre parcial del guyana federal que ya cumpliÓ nueve dÍas ha generado confusiÓn en cuanto a losservicios que se visto afectados. viviana avilÁn nos explica mÁs. viviana: quienes hoy se acercaron a las oficinas del servicio de ciudadanÍa e inmigraciÓn en chicago lo vieron cambios a la hora de realizar sus trÁmites, a pesar del cierre del gobierno federal. >> yo acabo de hablar esta semana y todavÍa me dieron la cita y todo. yo creo que ellos siguen funcionando igual. viviana: esto se debe a que el servicio de ciudadanÍa e inmigraciÓn en todo el paÍs no depende de los fondos que libera el gobierno federal. >> cualquier beneficio que se solicita de esa agenciasigue igual, porque el gobierno cobra por procesar esas solicitudes. viviana:

say the united states is involved in this war and when you have people like lindsey graham who's a big supporter of donald trump and formerly a big supporter of saudi arabia saying enough is enough we need to stop this then saudi arabia has more than a p.r. problem in the u.s. senate does that mean that donald trump will be held to account or won't be held to account not wishing to use loaded language in this conversation alan but you know if you've got people who are that influential in effect saying look we cannot be complicit in war crimes we cannot be complicit in human rights abuses he can presumably then just say well crown prince mohammed bin solomon's a very powerful guy and we have to work with him. well it all then boils down into technicalities is the u.s. actually involved in the war in yemen there is a say the republicans and certain people in the white house are saying that is not the case when they were supplying fuel air to air refueling aircraft then yes you could argue that they were involved mitch mcconnell has said and he is the leader of the republicans in the senate if you want to pi

whatever decision donald trump makes, he is always fully briefed republican senator lindsey graham saystate group before all us troops are withdrawn from syria. this follows a meeting at the white house where mr graham hinted the speed of the withdrawal would be slowed down. the senator was one of several high—profile repulicans who criticised mr trump's decision to withdraw troops arguing it would hurt national security. the woman who was supposed to be the next ceo of foot or has declined that position. susan dinnage was due to take charge in one of the most powerful roles in british sport in 2019, succeeding richard scudamore, who is stepping down after 19 years. had she taken the job, she would have been the league's first female boss. 200 years ago around a third of argentina's population were black. but today very few people admit to being of african descent. despite their huge and historical influence on society, black argentinians still face racial discrimination and are often treated as foreigners in their own country. our correspondent celestina olulode reports from buenos air

then graham gave a stern warning to donald trump: >> if you let him get away with this, mr.sident, then you are sending a signal that you are just about transactions. you're not somebody special. >> stephen: (as trump) "really? really? i'm not special, lindsey? then how come i'm being investigated by a 'special' counsel?" okay? ( laughter ) ( applause ) that makes no just slow down. slow your role, lindsay, check yourself before you wreck yourself. ( applause ) graham wasn't the only one angry about this. so was kentucky senator and man watching the president open his robe, rand paul. ( laughter ) paul was very upset. he got hopping mad yesterday, not so much about the murder as about the insult to rand paul because he wasn't invited to the meeting. >> there are eight people in congress who get briefings on intelligence. that is not democracy. the definition of deep state is that rank and file people have -- are excluded from oversight. >> stephen: no, that's not the definition of deep state, you numbnut. (as rand paul) "the definition of deep state is them not giving me eno

defense secretary james mattis is creating new rifts between donald trump and members of his own party republican senator lindsey graham is calling for an immediate hearing on the decision to withdraw our forces from syria the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell echoed that condemnation on twitter saying i believe it's essential that the united states maintains and strengthens the post world war two alliances that have been carefully built by leaders in both parties so i was sorry to learn that secretary mattis who shares those clear principles will soon depart the administration but i am particularly distressed that he is resigning due to shop differences with the president on these and other key aspects of america's global leadership let's get more on that story for you joining us live from washington is our correspondent rosalind jordan rose how many people across the administration are rattled by mattis deciding to quit. well it's not clear how many people within the trumpet ministration have been rattled but clearly both republicans and democrats on capitol hill are very very disturbed by the fact that jim matt

defense secretary james mattis is creating new rifts between donald trump and members of his own party republican senator lindsey graham is calling for an immediate hearing on the decision to withdraw troops from syria the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell echoed that criticism on twitter he said i believe it's essential the united states maintains and strengthens the post world war two alliances that have been carefully built by leaders in both parties so i was sorry to learn he says that secretary masses who shares those clear principles will soon depart the administration but i am particularly to stress that he's resigning due to shop differences with the president on these and other key aspects of america's global leadership roles jordan has more now from washington. there is a truism in washington the u.s. president should have whom he wants serving in his cabinet but with the impending departure of gen madis from the pentagon as defense secretary there is bipartisan alarm here in washington that the u.s. is foreign policy going forward could be very disastrous a man who could be nominated to replace gym mat

of jamal khashoggi among those who was very outspoken was republican senator lindsey graham a strong supporter of donald trump but clearly at odds with the president on this particular issue that. saudi arabia is a strategic ally and the relationship is worth saving but not at all cost. will do more damage to our standing in the world and our national security by ignoring him than dealing with him. in b.s. the crown prince is a wrecking ball. i think he's complicit in the murder mystery shogi to the highest level possible i think the behavior before the cause shogi murder was beyond disturbing and i cannot see him being a reliable partner to the united states saudi arabia and in the us are two different entities. the saudi government is going to. be in the hands of this man. for a long time to come up and it very difficult to be able to do business because i think he's crazy to. think he is dangerous and he has put their relationship at risk so mike what impact will the senator's comments have. well it's likely to have a very major impact indeed the tone of the senators was one of anger there was severa

killing friday's ad is part of a larger campaign planned for twenty nineteen lindsey graham is a senator from donald trump's republican party he says the current relationship with saudi arabia isn't working they're going to sell all or they will starve they're going to do what's best for the saudi economy which is all based of weapons i'm worried that this guy is crazy enough to kill a journalist in a consulate in turkey why would you give that guy work and said he may give the russians or the chinese as long as m.b.a.'s is around i'm not going to deal with saudi arabia as a normal relationship because there's nothing normal about me and they need a thousand times more than we need them. still to come here at al-jazeera australia recognises west jerusalem is israel's capital find out why it will have little impact plus. i told them you serve the devil and i serve god let's see who is stronger and who's going to win. and on the early rift why also don't stretch because in ukraine they're facing a choice and speaking with russia. hello there we've got more rain working its way towards tekkie so we'll

donald trump voiced support for the conflict. castro has more at stake what u.s. republican senator lindsey graham called a defining moment for the u.s. and for the future of saudi arabia there are a lot of bad actors in the mideast and we just don't need to condone any more than we have to and this is a situation where you don't have to they need us a lot more than we need them. since two thousand and fifteen the u.s. has provided logistic support to the saudi led military coalition fighting against who the rebels in yemen in august a bomb believed to have been made in the u.s. well on a school bus full of children killing many starvation has killed eighty five thousand children since the war stars and a cholera epidemic has swept the country if united states with very little media attention has been saudi arabia's part in this horrific war. we have been providing the bombs the saudi led coalition is using refueling their planes before they drop those bombs and assisting with intelligence but it was the october killing of the american based journalist jamal khashoggi that's pushed the u.s. to tel

executive of the premier league has told the organisation she's lindsey graham was one of the high—profile pop and senators who criticised's donaldsoldiers from the middle east, arguing it could hurt national security. there have been widespread landslides and flooding in the philippines. people were trapped by those landslides. police in morocco so those landslides. police in morocco so they have arrested a swiss national in connection with the murder of two european tourist earlier this month. the two women we re earlier this month. the two women were found in an isolated sites south of the mountains in marrakesh. the man had also been charged with recruiting people to carry out isis attacks. 200 years ago, around a third of argentina's population were black, but today very few people admit to being of african descent. despite their huge and historical influence on society, black argentinians still face racial discrimination and are often treated as foreigners in their own country. our correspondent celestina olulode reports now from buenos aires. there's nothing more argentine than tango, but many are unaware its roots are afr

can i play for you david jolly, lindsey graham who has become donald trump's best tie, right? every so often, he has it from him but a statement last night on fox news and this is what he was saying, telling him to actually double down and dig in on making americans pay for the border wall that he said mexico was going to pay for. take a listen to lindsey graham. >> i think democrats hate trump so much, they want him to lose even though it would be good for the country to work with him on border security and if he doesn't break them now, it's going to be a terrible 2019. so mr. president, dig? >> if he doesn't break them? >> what does that mean? >> break them? who talks like that in modern american politics, if he doesn't break them? what is lindsey graham getting at? >> old lindsey graham would have said democrats are already working with the president on this issue. this is lindsey graham in cycle in 2020 in south carolina where one of his lost. this is political expedience. but to the last conversation, joy, we're in an interesting environment. i've lived through 25 shutdow

move or struck down in march after donald trump voice strong support for the conflict al-jazeera is hiding castro has more. at stake what us republican senator lindsey graham called a defining moment for the u.s. and for the future of saudi arabia there are a lot of bad actors in the mideast and we just don't need to condone any more than we have to and this is a situation where you don't have to they need us a lot more than we need them. since two thousand and fifteen the u.s. has provided logistic support to the saudi led military coalition fighting against who the rebels in yemen in august a bomb believed to have been made in the us well on a school bus full of children killing many starvation has killed eighty five thousand children since the war start and a cholera epidemic has swept the country if united states with very little media attention has been saudi arabia's part in this horrific war we have been providing the bombs the saudi led coalition is using refueling their planes before they drop those bombs and assisting with intelligence but it was the october killing of the american based journalist jamal khashoggi that's pushed the u.s. to tell s

graham who placed his support. also the former secretary of state speaking out against president donald trump accusing his former boss of being undisciplined. >> we value system. i would have to say to him, i understand what you want to do but you cannot do it that way. it violates the law and trading. >> president donald trump shot back saying that he cannot get rid of him festina. -- fast enough. he also announced that the army general will replace the military general as the chairman of the joint chief of staff. >>> president donald trump maintains there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and the russian government. he was reacting to the multiple court documents that were filed yesterday in connection with the special counsel investigation into the meddling of the 2016 election. he is investigating possible collusion between the 2016 presidential campaign and russia. agencies says they conducted an operation to influence the people. >> we are very happy with what we are reading. there was no collusion whatsoever. there never has been. the last thing i want is help from russia on a campaign. you sh

what donald trump is doing is actually.compounding any problems that lindsey graham or john mccain may have had with barack obama's leadership and more to the point, to the world, at least, there are a lot of ambassadors and foreign leaders that say that donald trump looks like a coward, that he looks feckless, that he looks weak. >> so the job of a lot of us here, not me, is to look at the very consequential geostrategic consequences of his actions. but i think donald trump is very basic here. and one possible piece of analysis in terms of what happened, i want to go to susan dell perce dellpercio. it's trump's pattern. he is constantly looking to deflect. we have multiple, multiple investigations creeping around this white house. what we've seen in the past is what he's done is something damaging or striking or staggering or shocking to deflect. look at these investigations. >> and by the way, mika, as you're looking at those investigations, the one he fears the most into the trump organization from new york state because there is no pardoning power there. that was the trigger to all

republican senator lindsey graham has called the decision by president donald trump to withdrawal fromyria a mistake and a joint press conference with two democrats he appealed to try to reverse his decision i don't know how this decision was made it literally came out of left field it is rattled the world you see north korea flexing their muscle now but will want to leave south korea before we do a deal i can promise you. that everything that happened in iraq is going to happen in syria unless we change course and i can promise the president if you read very well at this decision you'll have a lot of support across both sides of the aisle all this is us president donald trump is still republican party leaders he will not sign a bill to fund the government because it doesn't include money for his proposed border war with mexico a temporary funding bill must now be signed by midnight on friday to avoid a government shutdown trump wants to include five billion dollars in it for the war . and the british army has been called in to help with the search for drone operators who forced the cl

donald trump. it is to that voter. they're also and in lindsey graham's case seriously spending everyday to try to make sure they are not challenged in a primary in their next republican reelection campaign for the senate and the way you do that now is you tie yourself closely to trump as possible. but, what's true of lindsey graham is you can play a video of him saying that, you know, trump was a con man and a liar and all this stuff and then you can play a video of him today in direct contradictory to lindsey graham. it used to be that was not easy to do. most politicians fearing the flip-flop more than anything in the world. and tim was the master of that. he did not get to do that every sunday. most politicians did not have these glaring things that you can put up on the screen like that. lindsey graham is the real personification. i have to tell you having worked in the senate, there is someoon thing about this. one thing that i have not studied enough, the collapse of a male ego, that's something that you never expect to see. it used to be that if y

donald trump on defense. this coming after yesterday's lunch with lindsey graham. he's apparently slowing down his plan to take u.s. troops out of syria. but we start this morning with a shutdown ten days in and the only thing for certain is it will last into the new year. neither side is talking. in fact, the only comments today, a slew of presidential tweets. several directed at democrats. also a twitter tirade directed as a recently departed chief of staff. and on sunday there was an interview printed with kelley who gave an unflattering portrait of the president. at one point he suggested trump is as devoted to the concrete wall. kelly said we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration. when we asked people what they needed and where they needed it. obviously this is a potentially damaging insider's take during fraught shutdown negotiations. trump's response, an all concrete wall was never abandoned as has been reported by the media. some areas will be all concrete, but the experts at border patrol prefer a wall that is see through there bimaking

graham. i think i can honestly say he would have voted in favor. >> you been listening to president donald trump a number of things. at the end, whose was talking about criminal justice reform which was the main event. voteg precedence was the that is taking place in the senate and we are waiting on results to see if there'll be another vote. a shutdown depends on this vote, will he see a shutdown or partial shutdown tonight at midnight? it is an ongoing question because the procedural vote has to take place first. of theker is one deciding votes and he has not voted yet. president trump sent that to build to the senate and this is where it is now stuck. he said, there was tremendous enthusiasm to border security. he said, i do not think that democrats care so much about this issue. he also said the wall will pay for itself on a monthly basis. it is an ongoing situation. let's take a look at markets, they are lower now and there are a lot of things going on today, but the dow is down i have percent. -- down a half a percent. at its lowest of the session, down 1.6%. the s&p 500, there are some po

all put forward by donald trump and maneuvered through the the senate by chuck grassley. lindsey grahamken up the gavel. next store is whether or not the democrats defend the country. the president is sending a bill for $750 in defense spending that was dachtsed by barack obama during the sequester. democrats have a security issue in 2020 will they step up and fund the military? >> well, you mean deferred the countries are against russia and hacking and interference with our elections too. >> absolutely sfwloot maya, what do you think is the big story that you take out of 2018 and your predictions for 2019? >> well, first, let me thank both joe and hugh because i agree that both of those were hugely important things, both the attacks on black people being black and also the change in the court. i would say and add, hugh, i hope we see protection of women because i don't think that was in evidence when we saw the change in the courts. but one of the stories i want to point attention to it because i think it's phenomenal and fascinating is we saw an army medical team take a private, a pri

and frankly when 2020 comes around the likes of lindsey graham will run right back to the embrace of donald. it's hard in this environment when we see people stand with some type of principle. but i think what we've learned in the past two years we simply can't trust that among republican leaders today. >> we have seen cabinet members forced to depart because they were using private planes too much, i mean much milder stuff compared to what we're talking about here with acosta. >> right. i mean, my sense is whether or not he has to depart is going to have nothing to do with the actual gravity of the charge as opposed to how much media oxygen it ends up sucking up and to the extent trump has to watch people talking about it on cable television. i mean, i can't imagine for a second that he's bothered by the underlying charge. if there's one thing donald trump believes in is that, you know, rich men are entitled to special consideration with the justice system. >> yeah, and david, donald trump himself has spoken positively about epstein, saying he knew him and he knew that he liked younger wom

the first thing i thought of was lindsay graham, but also the fact that rand paul and donald trump haveep on foreign policy in the past. if you think about the debates, donald trump sort of took the wind out of rand paul's sails during the debates because it's not typically republican to be so anti-intervention. but donald trump occupied that lane a little bit during 2015 and 2016 to the point rand paul can come to him and say, remember, promises made, promises kept. rand paul might be the person that he needs to hear from to remind him of how do you continue to cowtow to your base. >> if we read from the "washington post" article right there, they make the argument that this is troubling. this is somebody thought officially involved in the advisory policy-making process, that trump is ignoring those folks in favor of lindsey graham. is there a point there? >> no. i think if you look at it from an objective standpoint, historically you've had members of the senate or members of congress who have always had the ear of the president. i think that what is different in this case is, first o

is a symbolic message that they are sending when you have people like lindsey graham who in the past big supporter of donald trump republican senator big supporter of so do rabia saying enough is enough then you realize that saudi arabia has more than a p.r. problem in washington d.c. alan thanks very much. you're watching al-jazeera plenty more still to come including this how a fire is raising concerns the forthcoming choose a new leader in the aussie. hello now the cult is flooded through china the snows fall then retreated we left with more reasonable weather the chart above for us also increased the amount of rain that's come from the temperature contrast is now more extreme to the south china sea so an onshore breeze produced rain on the vietnamese coast for the last four days a man nine hundred two if you can believe it four hundred twenty eight millimeters which is flood territory now it's still raining now i'm the in the fall cross the next day or so anywhere up and down this coast you could get a patch of heavy right it's left china bone dry ice ten in shanghai's twenty in hong kong there is some

graham. it is the whole defense establishment that donald trump has been at war with from the beginning.k they probably viewed his unilateral statement on syria which as commander in chief he is entitled to make, usually in consultation with people that know what they're talking about, i think i find it outrageous and it is something he was aware of and doesn't mind fomenting. he is looking for another fight to pick because he may not win this fight. >> let me play this lindsey graham from earlier today. here is lindsey today. >> i do know this, that in this war you will not win it by quitting, giving up. this is akin to surrendering. we can be successful only if we partner with others. this undercuts that effort. we have two choices to fight this war. in their backyard or our backyard. isis and afghanistan i know for sure is looking toward the united states and their target sets. mr. president, you have a chance to change course. you have a lot of bipartisan support to do so. take advantage of it. >> all right. lindsey says that today. then we got word the president is thinking of withd

was so important for republicans because up until that moment donald trump was the only one seen as a fighter. this came out senator grahamand fighting and energized the republican base and up until that point it was really dismal in the midterms for republicans because they were concerned about voter turnout. this energized folks, if he's going to fight we are going to fight and if this didn't happen it would have been -- jillian: right emotion, independents gave a b-. number 3, hillary clinton's best moment. >> do you want to run again? >> know. >> there was a pause. >> i would like to be president. >> dials went down. we are talking about this. if you were going to run? she said maybe. she wants to be president. this moment was lighthearted for her and one that put her in the headlines again and wasn't all bad for her. jillian: donald trump has a lot of 1-liners. let's look at his best to his base. >> above all else, we know that faith and family, not government and bureaucracy are at the center of american life. we know that. in america, we don't worship government, we worship god. species looking at the blue line, in

here's lindsey graham who is suddenly the very best friend of donald trump, but who also does seem to be utilizing the same base arguments to get him to go his way on things. here's lindsey graham. >> senator schumer, what does it take for you to realize that we need more money for a broken border, and this is about them hating trump so much, wanting him to lose, they can't understand that america needs to win. and we're not going to give in. >> we? >> lindsey graham, paul ryan, all these guys have completely sold out because they think if you kiss trump's butt long enough, some how he'll get to your policy. this is a perfect example of why that doesn't work, because you can't trust him. remember, he had something on the table with daca, he ended up screwing that up. now he's doing this dr. evil thing. i've got $5 billion that i need. it's a crazy idea. no one believes that this is going to work. what's going to end up happening is not only is he not going to get his wall, but this is the kind of thing he will drag with him for the rest of his presidency. this kind of video is the thi

an escape hold for donald trump as well yeah there is already a commentary in the mainstream media in the united states saying that that might be what's up but written lindsey graham sleeves is that he might apply the magnets the acts on how madmen sell none and senate might put pressure on the state department not to deal with mohammed bits of money now again there is separation of powers in the united states and there is so much that congress can do when it comes to an administration run by a president and that president is the most powerful position now on in the united states perhaps in the world but i think also president trump has come to learn that there is limits to his presidency even if it's an imperial presidency and george w. bush even president obama sort of exploited and exploited the the expanded authorities that an american president has but in the end of the day there is such a thing as congress and congress does have a c. in the united states and when it comes to legislation and legislating budgets and dealings with other countries and sending american arms it certainly does have a say do you get the sense that this might be step change when it c

graham came to the president's table with an immigration package a few months ago and donald from rejectedbipartisan proposal rejected by donald trump. you can't say it is the democrats who do not want to do immigration. >> there is plenty of blame on both sides. that is why the american people elected an outsider. i deal with this in my book trump aftershock. a lot of it has to do with border security, the plight of america and who defines america. to trumped -- trump is a disruptor and getting things going. the point were congress is going to have to do something front and center. todd: one more question. do we fix immigration in this lame-duck congress? >> the chances are very small. >> it is like saying the cleveland browns are going to win the super bowl. >> baker is not donald trump? >> what i do think you will get next year with a democrat led congress, you will get bipartisan support for immigration, comprehensive immigration reform. >> what the american people want. >> bipartisan the question. todd: appreciate your time. you should work for me. time, 37 after the hour. we showed y

lindsey graham, a then campaign rival of trump, laid out his take on the future president. >> i'm not going to try to get into the mind of donald trump because i don't think there's a whole lot of space there. i think he's a kook. i think he's crazy. i think he's unfit for office. >> but once trump won office graham became a key senate ally and a vocal defender of trump. >> what concerns me about the american press is this endless, endless attempt to label the guy as some kind of kook, not fit to be president. >> senator graham? >> i think he's a kook. >> i had to do that. and senator ted cruz. he had this to say about trump when trump attacked his wife on twitter. labeled him lying ted and insinuated with absolutely no proof that cruz's father had something to do with the assassination of jfk. >> he's proud of being a serial philanderer, a narcissist at a level i don't think this country's ever seen. this man is a pathological liar. he doesn't know the difference between truth and lies. >> hmm. so tell us how you really feel, senator ted cruz. fast forward to midterms in 2018. ted cruz called in president trump to campaign for

donald trump himself suggested it's not in interviews in the last couple of weeks. i think what lindsey graham here is what a lot of people around president trump like to do in a room with skmuk nancy. to caution him against cutting a deal they said would be a bad deal. he would say i don't want to do that deal. i feel like i got played and lead to a bigger crack up. we are racing against the clock. he has given no indication he is willing to drop his $5 billion. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have given no indication they are willing to come up to that. it's not clear what deal there is yet to be made. neither side has really shown willingness to get to the middle. what the president is able to sell to himself in a win. i don't think there is a way that democrats is accept $5 billion. >> there is mistrust against the democrats. he doesn't trust chuck schumer. this is a new york city conspiracy. he is on the verge of giving trump his third down payment on the wall. it is meaningless unless we can assure we bring others along for the ride. you might as well call this the schumer-trump wall. >>

donald trump wants is bad and we disagree. >> dana: i'm sorry we didn't have lindsey graham for you. chris stirewalt, thank you. >> you bet. >> dana: talk of a mysterious emerging from a grand jury linked to a foreign country of interest to the mueller russia probe. judge andrew napolitano and what this includes. >> the overwhelming passage of this legislation, i think, speaks to a lot of things but most importantly the combination that we have up here of bipartisansh bipartisanship. alright, i brought in ensure max protein... ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. in two great flavors. >> dana: we are learning more about the mystery witness reportedly involved in the investigation into trump and russia following an appeals court ruling. the judgment by the panel released on tuesday night offered a glimpse into the nature of the witness and the underlying legal dispute. a prosecutor has obtained a grand jury subpoena for information from a corporation that is o