erdogan: i would like to thank you.e relations between the united states and turkey depend on a strategic partnership. as to strategic as two strategic partners, right now, especially in northern syria and the eastern parts of euphrates, around the region, as well as offensive,es shield we have had the opportunity to discuss all of these issues in the recent developments including --. but, right now, on the table we have essentially the question of --. we have discussed it with him spoken aboutlso our stance vis-À-vis pyd and other terrorist organizations and we try to explore new ways to work together in order to eradicate the terrorist presence around that region. previously, the prime -- the foreign minister of the united states pompeo and that a turkey sat down to develop a road cap. however, it has been months since that map has been drawn and it is now time for a student revive this roadmap. ago, theof weeks turkish foreign minister paid a visit to the united states in order to do so. i hope and pray that this con

and the president was urged to press erdogan to back off from erdogan's plans to attack kurds in syria, erdogan said, no, i'm not going to do that. and then president trump turned around and said he's withdrawing his troops. matt it is was working on it. the iranians want that territory. that i want a land bridge from the persian golf. jim mattis said removing american presences would be destabilizing. >> so, jeremy, do you think the president wept into this phone call with the intention of pulling out the troops from syria or is it potentially go against the advice, i'm mad, this is what i'm going to do? >> it's hard to say. we don't know whether or not it's a game plan he went in with or an audible at the line. sometimes i think it's sheer inco incompetence. we see this time and time again. he goes into a summit and he walks out and kim has totally marched. the president goes into a secret summit of it. coming out and parrots putin's line about the election, and i saying i bleem them. i'm going to fire a bunch of questions at you. >> how many troops are there? are they in a combat ro

, they know erdogan will be harsh on them.ided to go to the better choice which is to go to assad again, who may be much weaker than erdogan and also he is supported by the russians. the russians have the upper hand in syria. i don't think there's any long—term strategy in trump's white house. i think bringing the troops home is always a popular move in america under any circumstances and this was an opportunist move because he was in trouble on other fronts. and it conveniently serves his friend putin. could we see, then, not a better middle east, but a more stable middle east? i think we will. now syria is going back to the arab rank again, there will be a revision of certain policies which guided to this mess, now this is the end of the arab spring. but it is at the price of russia running the show. why not? america is abandoning... we had a lot of problems with america. we had wars. barry, i can remember doing this programme with you when we were both extremely critical, when 0bama decided his red lines can be crossed and

i don't think necessarily president erdogan wa nts think necessarily president erdogan wants americanonsiders as terrorist organisations, the pkk and the pyp, out of the southern border of turkey. he does not want any more terrorist attacks against turkey starting from syrian territories. if you remember in the last week or so, there was a series of bomb attacks killing syrian civilians in different cities in turkish controlled areas. the pkk basically came out and claimed responsibility for it. remember what happened two yea rs for it. remember what happened two years ago in turkey, that was the fear, they're going to start attacks in syria and they make sure it's successful and they're in syria and they make sure it's successful and they‘ re going in syria and they make sure it's successful and they're going to turn it into the turkish territory itself. this is the conundrum, that american allies are turkish enemies, oi’ american allies are turkish enemies, or enemies of turkey, as mr erdogan would see it. how on earth... no wonder bret mcguirk felt he had to go if he is, if you lik

so erdogan gets on the phone with trump and says essentially, look, you are supposed to only be there to fight isis, isis is basically defeated and, do you know what, i will give you my word as a friend, we will finish off the islamic state for you. that's according to a description of what erdogan said, provided to nbc news yesterday by senior white house official. and trump essentially says, all right, do you know what, fine, you finish off isis and we will go home. now, what all national security experts who have been following this know is that in addition to the islamic state problem what erdogan is really concerned about, perhaps even more than isis, is those syrian kurds who have been fighting with the u.s. against isis, but also have their own territorial ambitions for some autonomy in northern syria and that erdogan is planning to go ahead with this operation to essentially wipe out the kurds that we've been working with east of the euphrates river and trump essentially giving him a green light to do so. >> okay. nbc's josh lederman, thank you so much. >>> and, gene robinson,

i don't trust president erdogan. i don't trust the way he is leading turkey right now. turkey has been a stalwart ally for us for decades and president erdogan is turning it against the united states. so that is disturbing to me. afghanistan will be a quick issue as well because we have a very active peace process and reconciliation process between the taliban and ghani government in afghanistan. i do think we'll have long-term basing in afghanistan like we have long-term basing in honduras. i think we'll have long-term basing in afghanistan taking it to counterterrorism in that region as well. but in the meantime, the battle needs to continue until we get reconciliation of that government. >> thank you for your time. >> we are a little under 14 hours of this shutdown. the blame game continues. and coming up, we'll talk about the resignation of one of the top people of isis. we'll be back in a moment. of is we'll be back in a moment. here we go. discover. i like your card, but i'm absolutely not paying an annual fee. discover has no annual fees. really? yeah. we just do

this is a core element of erod -- erdogan's ideology. it can't be understated the extent to which somebody has written this wave and also lifted turkey in this direction cannot be overstated. intel's also -- it has also altered the relationship. this is exacerbated by the very that aggressive, -- this is exacerbated by the very aggressive, especially regional approach, that turkey has taken after the failed coup of 2016. again, i have to emphasize that every time this process has gone through a change, it has been emphasized. there is a kind of distillation going on here. what you end up with is a situation where, very recently, in the context of the killing of jamal khashoggi, a good friend, more than one senior turkish leader said turkey is the only logical leader of the islamic world. it does not -- whether that is this or that area, does not really matter. it is a direct challenge to saudi arabia, which presents itself as the logical leader. on the grounds of history, geography, custodianship of the holy sanctuary. and this has been

my my guest today is gulnur aybet, senior adviser to president erdogan.hen it comes to respect for universal rights and norms, how much authority does turkey have? theme music plays gulnur aybet, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let's start with the shocking case of jamal khashoggi. is there more that turkey intends to say and do to getjustice forjamal khashoggi. there is an investigation still going on and the turkish authorities have stated that, as more evidence becomes available, as investigation continues, they are prepared to share it with the rest of the world, including the saudi authorities. they have shared all the information so far with the saudis and a number of other countries. but there is more? they could be. we do not know. there is still an investigation going on. dfb—elf still an investigation going on. dfb-elf the still an investigation going on. dfb—elf the turkish authorities, —— do you feel, how did they handle this with due care and process? absolutely, i think they handled it very well considering this incredibly horrible crime was

and erdogan was trying to get the president to pull u.s. troops. and the president of the united states disagreed with his secretary of state and defense and instead sided with erdogan. does that concern you that the turkish president has that much influence? >> so let me say this two ways. obviously i wasn't in the meeting. we're all getting secondary reporting. >> i understand that. >> second, the president is the commander in chief. he's making some of those foreign policy decisions. so he has the ability to do that, to not have his advisers choose. he gets to choose. but on top of all that, i would say i share the same view of what you're describing from the secretary of state. i have a great concern on erdogan and the direction he's taken turkey, what he's trying to do to the kurdish penal. the kurds have been staunch allies to us for a very long time, and i think our engagement with the kurds as saved their lives for a long time. for us to be able to walk away from a long-standing ally not knowing what the turks are going to do with them, i t

then you come to erdogan, the man. where you have one person -- erdogan feels rebuffed by the west, specifically, by not getting into the eu and is an islamist that is committed to sunni islamism where as mbs is someone trying to engineer a top-down change and does think it's worth defending. and that. their form of government is worth defending against the different vision that is being espoused by turkey. you have the nature. we'll talk about that a little bit in terms of why they have different policies. my sense is that solomon, you know -- a lot in turkey. when the power shift happened, it was solomon so, you know, this kind of -- what we call is some sort of -- there's still the circular people good enough to take, you know, the turkey's modernization. he and most of the people are products of turkey's modern system. while everyone talks about the new generation. this has suffered. there has been so many. one man can fight one war at a time but he's fighting many wars. it's going to converge at some point. otherw

i remembered cases where joe biden was with erdogan back in 2015 or 2016 more likely where erdogan was pressing for the extraditi extradition, and biden in public said at a photo opportunity in turkey, we can't do that. we have laws here, and he has done nothing wrong, and if somebody tells the state department that he has done something wrong, we can extradite, that and so reopening that was riled the fbi, because he was clean. >> and i was in meetings with president obama where president erdogan would come in and rant for an hour about the need nor the united states to turn the over gulon, and what the president said to president erdogan, look, i will have the justice department look into any char charges that you want to make, and we will review the file, but ultimately, i the president c cannot tell the justice department to turn over a u.s. person to a foreign government, and foreign government in turkey who was likely to treat him harshly, and the justice department looked at this and the fbi looked at it and they did not find that he committed a crime to have him extradited. and

in the fall: friday between president erdogan and president trump, president erdogan claimed ansident trump had understanding of the plan of eastern syrian given erdogan said that something like that would not be acceptable. my question to you is, is either a lack of consistency in washington on the response to the turkish plant offensive in syria? ambassador jeffrey: we think any offensive into northeastern syria by and one is a bad idea. that was a position i does a position i conveyed. we also understand the turks are concerned about the security situation. they see pyd is a minimum as a latent threat to them. and so we have to take that into account. we are working with the turks. one somewhat related thing is the deployment across the border, that was done with our understanding. that's one of the various steps that are taken. >> can you please assess the success you anticipate to pushing out iran's military establishment in syria, within the current policy stager. also many goals without a strategy. could you speak to that as well? >> the presence of iranian forces particularly

erdogan.s president signed forces remaining in syria. the president quickly capitulated, pledging the withdraw surprising john bolton, a real hawk and erdogan, himself,ered wasn't didn't think he'd be able to make the case, trump says, i'll pull my troops out. what's the mote sniff i'm a dove. why do you pull them out overnight? >> i think he has properties in turkey. he also i think -- >> you think it's that bad? >> this guy i think. >> it's that base. >> i follow the money for this guy first for starters. assume that drives it. this doesn't match up with john bolden, how he views the world. we have to believe, go back to helsinki where we don't know if this was a deal made with putin and trump and putin made this request of trump. i will say i am happy we are leaving syria, not under these circumstances. i think we should reopen the authorization of military force same in afghanistan. >> what is our justification? i want to make sure everybody knows where i stand on this. i don't think donal

i think the problem is, and we see it in ap's reporting of the erdogan call, erdogan says to trump 99%is has been defeated. it's 99% of the territory in iraq and syria. it's not a group that's only synonymous with territory. in its first decade of existence in iraq, it had no territory and yet it killed thousands of people. 20,000 to 30,000 fighters for iraq and syria, not counting afghanistan, west africa and libya, and i could go on. it's an enormous number that's still active. >> the area liberated from isis by the turkish kurds, it's not only the liberation, it's what they did after. i visited with the governor a year ago exactly. she built hospitals and schools. she opened schools. it's also nation building. it's not only that you're bumping an area and leaving, it's what you do after. this is what matters. we don't want troops forever. but we want engagement in america not to retrieve and be defeated. >> thank you both very much. >>> panic in washington, worry across the world after defense secretary mat stis quits, more that next. if your moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or

course, we see the dissension of president erdogan. he has remade in the entire structure inside turkey, something i never dreamed i would see, with respect to the turkish army. , it as luck would have it got to be in istanbul for two of and 1980. 1970 i had a certain sense of the resilience of turks. restaurants stayed open, bars stayed open, traffic went down, kind of nice. also had to live with the fact that the army is never going to be checked a civilian government. well, that happened. and it continues to go on happening, if you will. so, what role does president envision?-- erdogan i'm not going to start going on about the kurds, i know that will,. just saying, it is not that i have forgotten it, it is just not something i want to deal with in opening remarks. forward?is the look beyond the outlook mendage? these are places that nobody has ever heard of, but then we have never heard of an archduke in serjevo intown in 1914. there are numerous flashpoints. book the war in august,: -- ausgust: the war nobody wanted. you can see ho

i don't trust erdogan in this situation. erdogan that is one of the issues people have, that the kurds are left in a vulnerable position. molly hemingway had an interesting piece in the federalist called trump's withdrawal policies are correct but communicated horribly. she said the reality is bashar al-assad has won the civil war and we could play a role but we do not owe them and this protection. they have been an important ally in key conflicts over there. what do we owe the kurds? >> we owe the kurds some kind of guarantee of their security and support in the future. go back to iraq. we left the kurds after the first gulf war, walked off and abandoned them. 30,000 were killed by saddam hussein. then you look when we pulled out of iraq twee 7 years ago, we left them to their own devices. they have been fighting against the shia militia and sunnis ever since we left them and we provided them almost nothing. anything we tried to send them we sent through baghdad and it gets siphoned off to either the iranian's or some of th

in terms of do i like him working with erdogan, no, that is terrible.ogress we made. kennedy: turkey is not an ally, where is rd on erd erdogan call. >> so, let's talk a little bit about this. what is the departure of -- mattis do for administration. >> he was one of the mvp's. >> nikki haley. and general kelly. kennedy: scott pruitt. >> well. a golden parachute. >> to use a hockey term he fourth line. >> first terror attack that happens, in any capacity, even a isis loan lone wolf, our mead yoomediawill point to, saying ts is alive again. our media is suddenly talking about isis again. in last two years, the caliphate was taken back. >> there is a lots of success that media has not reported on. isis was engaging in genocide against christians. and media, decided not to cover it as closely as they should and hold barack obama asurround abl- acounting able couna. >> if there are failures of new policy. they will be quick to point out. kennedy: they will highlight it. >> democrats will have so many people running for president in 2020, they could put them

first of all, i don't trust erdogan either. and i don't think anybody that's been watching what's going on in syria trusts erdogan cooperatively when it comes to going into an area that's occupied primarily by kurds after decades of the turks chasing the kurds, even killing many, many of the kurds in turkey. i don't trust erdogan here in this situation. >> shannon: that's clearly one of the issues people have who are opposed to the pullout of syria, saying that the kurds are going to be left in a vulnerable position. mollie hemingway had an interesting piece in "the federalist" called "trump's syria policy correct but communicated horribly." she says the reality is that assad has won the civil war and the kurds have begun negotiating with him. we can play a role but we don't end them and less protection. they have been an important ally for us. what do we owe the kurds? >> we owe the kurds certainly some kind of guarantee of their security and support in the future. go back to iraq. first of all, we left the kurds after the fir

to take advice from erdogan is a very risky thing because president erdogan has his own national interests and his national interests include the elimination of the kurdish, what he perceives as the kurdish threat to turkey and he's going to do all kinds of things to go after the kurds in syria because now the path will be open for him to do so, and for president trump to take erdogan's word without further checking with his advisers is a colossal mistake. >> let me ask you, colonel, about afghanistan. afghanistan, of course, likely there's going to be a drawdown there. "wall street journal" has been traveling with the marine corps commandant to visit troops overseas. they posted a piece about it. and asked about the drawdown plans, the marine corps commandant's response was the honest answer is i have no idea. i don't think anybody really knows exactly what's going to happen. that's from general robert neller. he said that on friday. is that what you would expect to hear from the head of the marine corps? >> no, and general neller himself would not have wanted to say that, but he felt com

is there a chance now moving forward that mr erdogan the turkish authorities may have to pivot towards the u.s. congress because the political makeup there in the united states is changing quite dramatically because you've got to offset that against the reality of donald trump as u.s. president despite what gina housefull said in that closed door briefing we understand to twelve american politicians in the last twenty four hours donald trump is just as likely to come out and say not what mr erdogan would like him to say when it comes to who was complicit in the murder of jamal khashoggi these two develop and starting parallel to each other first of all a turkish prosecutor for the first time a turkish authority almost pinpoint who is responsible this is muhammad and so more than a dissenting time in washington the senators are clearly telling that. man is the responsible these are two important things and it is just. should care about it and i think president trump is very off this if not so if he was not what is approaching at the congress probably he will be willing and wishing to me

my guest today is gulnur aybet, senior adviser to president erdogan. when it comes to respect for universal rights and norms, how much authority does turkey have? theme music plays gulnur aybet, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let us start with the case, the shocking, horrible case of jamal khashoggi. is there more that turkey intends to say and to do to getjustice forjamal khashoggi? well, there's an investigation that's still going on and the turkish authorities have stated that as more evidence becomes available, as the investigation continues, they're prepared to share it with the rest of the world, including the saudi authorities. and they've shared all the evidence they have had so far from the investigation, with the saudis and a number of other countries. but there's more, isn't there? well, there could be. we don't know. there's still an investigation going on. do you feel, from what has been said so far, that the turkish authorities behind all this — and of course, this involves the intelligence services, as well as the judicial and policing

erdogan responded yes, as long as we have support from you. he said okay, we are done.urkey is going to be taking care of the isis presence in syria. this leaves the u.s. allies on the ground in syria in a lurch. turkey views that fighting force an extension of a territory group. the u.s. is leaving the troops on the ground in a tough place. mattis's resignation came after they said they would bury the members of the kurdish fighting force in the trenches and tunnels and holes they are digging now. we are seeing how complicated this is all getting and effectively we are seeing the u.s. pulling out of the very vital mission to fight isis in syria and leaving it up to their turkish allies who clearly have more pressing priorities on the ground in syria. >> fascinating. thank you for that report. >> that's the beginning of the upheaval in washington. the third government shutdown of the year. now entering the third day. right now, no end in sight. >> we apologize, but due to the lapse in federal funding, we are unable to take your call. once funding has been restored, o ou

erdogan in turkey and the iranians, how are they viewing this?> if you are turkey, i think president trump is nothing but confusing which i actually think it is on purpose. erdogan is not a happy person at this moment, he's not happy with the saudis or israelis. he's really trying to position turkey from a geopolitical perspective and president trump is not an easy one for somebody like erdogan to read. if you are the iranians and you just experience what you experienced a few hours ago -- >> leland: i don't want to interrupt you but, one second, the president himself is able to get the video out where the white house pool is not. we will put up some video from his twitter account. the tweet said, first lady millenia and i were on our to visit the airbase in iraq. is there any sound on this as we watch the president walk around? just a music of the president shaking hands. you can see him in one of the dining halls that is still decorated there for christmas. "god bless the usa" is what's being played in the video. unclear if that was there or if

i just had a long and productive call with president erdogan of turkey. we discussed isis, our involvement in syria and the slow and highly coordinated pullout of u.s. troops from the area. after many years, they are coming home. we also discussed heavily

let me tell you, i think the one winner here has been erdogan. he has absolutely played us on this. it's truly stung. he has spent months pressuring the united states to abandon the kurds, diplomatically in phone calls to the president, to others. he's spent months and he's been doing that pressure on the one side while also threatening military action on the other. in essence saying, i'm coming into syria, the turks, and i'm going after the y.p.g., the kurds, and i know u.s. troops are embedded alongside them. we're coming in. he has been doing this for months. the goal it the whole time was to separate the united states from the kurds, to get us to break up this arrangement that we had with them to fight isis. it worked. he has achieved it. it's truly unbelievable that he has been able to get us to back down. and i want everyone to think about this additional complication. turkey is a member of nato, and article 5 of nato basically says, if a nato member is attacked, you all have to come to their defense. an attack on all of us. while there is some wiggle room, the bottom line is

president erdogan pressuring donaldwe trump las. i.s.till has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 fighters, and if you're is that aer premature an withdrawal on turkey's terms might allow jihadists to rear their head again. mark lowen, bbc news,stanbul. jane: former defense secretary william cohen is still with me. i'm reading genal mattis' resignation letter and he talks about alliances and partnerships. where does pulling out of syria leave the u.s.-led coalition? mr. cohen: i think it leaves it in a very damaged position. the united states has been the leader of putting those coalitions together. countries from japan and liaust tod norway an others throughout europe, nato countries. anyou have had m -- interpol involved inave been trying to contain and defeat isis. erwhen we pull out uhese circumstances, say dictory, we haeated them, which according to senator graham is fake ns, a lie, and then they changed the rationale and it is burden, thatse's will cause a problem for us and will be a consequence to the alliance in the future. who is go

and turkey regarding the extradition of a foe of president erdogan.er spoke earlier today. steve, thank you for joining us. let's put this in context. walk us through the comments that the turkish minister made in terms of what the united states was considering with the compiled cleric the turkish government wants back. why do they want him back? >> well, as much as we know on this side, they identify gu line as the master mind behind a coup against erdogan a year ago ago and they've been trying to extract him from the united states. this is an issue that has come up with michael flynn, but at least in his comments he said thread reached a new understanding about the united states that took a lot of us by surprise. you probably know more details about it, but we heard about it on this side. >> what are some of the concerns that human rights organizations and others have about the united states possibly extra diagnostic him to turkey? >> i think the biggest one is the human rights concern that there's no evidence that anyone has seen or come up that gu

and on friday the phone call between president erdogan and president trump, president erdogan said he had an understanding of the planned offensive into northeastern syria. my question to you, is there a lack of consensus in washington on the response to the turkish planned offensive into syria? ambassador jeffrey: once again, we think that any offensive into northeastern syria by anyone is a bad idea, and that was the position i conveyed when i was in ankara, that everyone from the president down as conveyed. we also understand the turks are concerned about the security situation in northeast syria and see the py at a minimumd as s rather like the saudis see the houthis as a threat to them. we are working with the turks, is asieve the situation it was before. the peshmerga deployment was done with our understanding. that is one of the various steps that is being taken. >> can you please assess the success you anticipate to sushing out a wrong -- iran' military establishment in syria talk about many goals without a strategy? could you speak to that as well? amb. jeffrey: well the pres

president erdogan of turkey is preventing the enclave to considered to be a kurdish enclave in syria. >> our guest is ambassador mark kinsburg. our phone lines are open. u.s. troop withdraw from syria and now reports as many as 5,000 troops from afghanistan, do you support or oppose the idea? if you support it. if you oppose it. from rochester, new york, ruth, good morning. >> caller: yes, thank you. i would like to say this, in a way i do and in a way i don't. i support them in this fact. the united states is the only country that fought in world war ii that has been at war consecutively, first it was 1945 we ended the war in world war ii. 1950 the korean war trying to stop north korea from invading south korea. then the vietnam war trying to -- and didn't -- they didn't -- we didn't succeed. then the vietnam war keeping the north vietnamese from invading south. we lost ta war completely. look at -- and then iraq. then afghanistan. and then libya. now syria. we're the only country -- we're losing all our good men in the wars. fathers, husbands, sons. we're spending all this money. co

president trump and president erdogan spoke on friday. that has the potential to blow up in the faces. can you give us some update on where things stand on the efforts to prevent turkey from launching a new offense of -- offensive? mr. jeffrey: there has been a buildup of tension between turkey, the u.s., and our partner in northeast syria and the fight against isis. which is largely in the hands of a controlled by the byd which has links to the pkk. we understand their concerns. we are committed to turkey's security and we have been talking extensively to the turks. i spent three weeks there the week before last. given the threats of marching into deal with this problem themselves, the u.s. at every level has reached out to the turks including friday, a call from president trump to president erdogan. we have to wait and see. haslieve that the situation calmed somewhat. i believe we are willing to work with the turks and the people on the ground to find a way forward to it we share mainly the same objectives in most areas. we are very foc

president erdogan has instructed turkish troops to launch an offensive in northeast syria to take on the syrian kurdish forces that have been supporting american troops and stabilizing that area against isis. he is determined on behalf of his country to, in effect, eradicate these syrian kurdish forces that have been supported and trained by the united states. he's threatened over the last several years to launch these offensives. we almost got to the point where u.s. military was going to have to fight turkish forces, our nato ally, to defend these syrian kurds fighting the battle against isis. probably what happened on the phone call is erdogan said to the president, i'm going to move no matter what against the syrian kurds, and american troops get harmed, so be it. and the president said maybe this is the time to fulfill my commitment to get american troops out of syria, so the president blinked. that's exactly what i think happened. host: let's go to terry from minnesota. good morning. caller: good morning. marc, you're a funny guy. two years trump has had, and is plenty of time

i just had a long and productive call with president erdogan of turkey. we discussed isis, our involvement in syria and the slow and highly coordinated pullout of u.s. troops from the area. after many years, they are coming home. we also discussed heavily expanded trade. i'm cure yious to get your thoughts. turkey is a part of nato, but over the last couple of months, we've seen the relationship go hot, go cold, go hot, go cold over the american pastor that was being held by the turks, the attempt of the u.s. government to devalue the turkish currency over the summer. how shocked and surprised are you that this president is taking the word of the turkish president and has created this crisis here in the u.s.? >> not shocked at all. trump has always wanted the withdrawal from syria. it's a perfectly reasonable excuse to do it. i can do it now because turkey is going to take care of isis in our absence, but trump has always wanted to withdraw from everywhere. he's an isolationist and doesn't want to be in syria, doesn't want to be in afghanistan. he doesn't

could there be a crisis within the alliance about what erdogan does in the coming weeks. >> the american press are focused on jim mattis quitting. he did so a day after the american president overruled him by ordering the withdrawal of u.s. troops. theim matheson is seen as one of theed as adults. they say jim mattis was right. the decision to leave syria seems to be something not thought through and this is why mattis has resigned. in his letter, he did not specify that as the reason. they had been clashing over policy for a couple of years. the new york times is saying yes, the kurdish forces are the losers. vladimir putin is the winner here. another beneficiary is iran. the quote is that his assertion that the war against the islamic state group is over is absurd. there is a comment piece in the washington post, which has been published in the chicago tribune. enough is enough, we need to go into bipartisanship mode and find ways of dealing with trump. be broughtn should to testify and congress to explain, is he fit or not to deal with security issues. secondly, congress should assert

but it was due in part to erdogan's reticence.this has been very costly to turkey, although there was a brief. where they were supporting turkey's position. and they follow this course and arab spring. syria became a measurable isolated turkey from the middle east and the turkish interest to air markets in the gulf financing and also on the saudi side, it was a strategic blunder, i believe to eliminate turkey there is also a uae factor here. back in 2011 they adopted an emotional notion against turkey. and this uae line, turkey has been able to convince the saudi arabian perception of what is happening in the gulf and have been successful. and they are dangerous to progressive saudi arabian in the region., the feeling is mutual. this much against the uae they believed that the uae was behind the failed coup against the turkish government and of course the saudi approval. in the meantime looking at us factors for turkish leadership, they had the your for welcome for the trump administration. their perspective was a new president is

president erdogan faces elections this spring and the kurdish issue is very important to turkey. about american foreign policy, they would be happy, though, to see american troops out of harm‘s way. yes, there‘s certainly that element, too. i mean, president trump has long campaigned during his election to get us forces out of the middle east, having us forces in that part of the world has never been a popular proposition in the united states. so, in many ways, yes, this has been a long way coming. president trump had announced earlier in the year, in april, that he wanted to withdraw us troops. the foreign policy establishment in washington pushed hard against that, the pentagon, the state department, professionals at the national security council, but it seems trump never let go of that idea and was never comfortable staying in syria. firas maksad from the arabia foundation. a row is continuing over whether labour‘sjeremy corbyn called theresa may a "stupid woman" during prime minister‘s questions. he‘s denied it and claims that what he said was "stupid people". our chief polit

president erdogan faces election this spring, and the kurdish issue is very important to turkey.domestic issues, suggestions are mr trump's core voters might not care that much about american foreign policy. they would be happy, though, to see american troops out of harm's way. yes, there's certainly that element too. president trump has long campaigned during his election is to get us forces out of the middle east. having us forces in that part of the world has never been a popular proposition in the united states. so in many ways, yes, this has been a long way coming. president trump had announced earlier in the year, in april, that he wanted to withdraw us troops. the foreign policy establishment in washington pushed hard against that, the pentagon, the state department, professionals at the national security council, but it seems trump never let go of that idea and was never comfortable staying in syria. let's get some of the day's other news: the us central bank, the federal reserve, has again raised interest rates, despite repeated appeals by president trump. they have gone

forces in syria for quite some time now, it sees them as a terrorist group, and frankly president erdoganident trump evader in the lead up president trump evader in the lead up to the november election by releasing an evangelical christian pastor that is crucial to support in the current political base. it seems president trump wanted to return the favour. president erdogan faces election this spring and the kurdish issueis election this spring and the kurdish issue is very important to turkey. 0n the domestic issues, suggestions are mrtrump‘s 0n the domestic issues, suggestions are mr trump's core voters might not ca re are mr trump's core voters might not care that much about american foreign policy, but they would be happy to see american troops out of harm's way. yes, there's certainly that element to it. president trump has long campaigned during his election is to get us forces out of the middle east, having us forces in that part of the world has never been a popular proposition in the united states. in many ways, yes, this has been a long way coming. president trump announced earl

clearly, resident erdogan has elections coming up in march.he usa was complicit in the coup attempt of two years ago. so we have had some diplomatic troubles for some time with the government of turkey and i think the military concerns are somehow an expression of that. president from's relationship with president erdogan has been pretty good. do you think you can use that relationship he has established to help these nato allies? if there was a telephone call between president trump and president erdogan, it has been stated that there was a telephone call. there has been no acknowledgement here in america. i can certainly see the president trying to find a compromise position, recognising turkey has a security interest and would like to see a buffer zone inside of northern syria. and, perhaps, directing the americans to stay 10—20 kilometres away from the border. i don't believe that is the right solution but i can see the president coming to that compromise with president erdogan. thank you for coming in. thank you. hungary's far right gover

everyone -- erdogan has assured him that turkey will make sure that they are sent. >> turkiki forces hahave been amassing onoth sides of the border.. they wanted to crush this militia inin syria. it is seen as part of a terrororist alliancece. the ypg has been a key ally of the united states and the international coalition in the fight against the islamic state. turkey says it will take over the fight against i.s. militants. donald trump talked to his turkish counterpart yesterday and tweeted that president erdogan would eradicate whatever is left of isis in syria. the u.s. withdrawal will not be overseen by jim mattis since he was sworn in early last year. the u.s. secretary of defense has earned the respect as a reliable partner. his team reassured the fighters in syria. jim mattis resigned after trump withdrawed from syria. french president macron was clear about what he thought. i deeply regret the decision taken on syria. i would like to pay tribute to general mattis and what accompanied his decision. and l.a. should be a viable and coordinate with other allies. general mattis u

so erdogan can slaughter our natural allies.s, of course, it's connected to other events from earlier this week inside a federal courthouse in northern virginia. >> it's hard not to grattled. thank you very much. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," we'll talk to former homeland security secretary jeh jo johnson, his successor was on capitol hill yesterday. her testimony brought to mind a movie we find ourselves referencing a lot. >> from congress i would ask for law. we need wall. >> i love carpet. i love desk. >> are you just looking at things in the office and saying that you love them? >> i love that. >> i would ask for wall. we need wall. >> i would ask for wall. we need wall expedia introduces add on advantage, a new way to save on travel. now when you book a flight you unlock discounts on select hotels that you can use up until your trip starts. so whether you want to go out, stay in, or be in the middle of it all... add the perfect hotel when you're ready, and save. add on advantage. only with expedia. - [narrator] meet sha

he says erdogan has vowed to eliminate what's left of isis.y defense secretary jim mattis signed orders authorizing the syria withdrawal. >>> the number of people killed in that violent tsunami in indonesia has passed 400 now, but rescue workers aren't giving up the search for survivors. the searchers have been using heavy equipment, bare hands and just about everything in twn.ee they're also on alert from another eruption from the child of krakatau volcano. abc's ian pannell is on the scene. >> reporter: there are hundred office military personal and emergency workers now down in the tsunami zone looking for people buried under the rubble, injured. trying to help the you can see some of the destruction is pot marked all along the coast here. every now and again you go through a small coastal village, you can see houses that have be

erdogan has warned the turkish forces could attack. the u.s. doesn't have any hardcore plans or at least hard fast plan to protect the kurds once the troops leave. officials saying to fox news, the syrian kurds were the first to answer the united states' call for partners in the fight to defeat isis. senator lindsey graham didn't take a lot of comfort from that statement comparing to what happened in iraq to ethnic minorities when president obama pulled u.s. troops out of that country. listen here. >> the military told president obama, if you leave now, the radicals still around will regenerate. all the people that helps us in iraq a lot of them died. same thing will happen in syria. >> graham told fox news he believes that iran as well will be cheering the removal of u.s. forces because they're still there and the iranian backed proxies are skill there as well. >> shepard: more on fox's top story and how the defense officials are responding. lucas tomlinson live from the pentagon. >> shep, the president tweeted this morning that isis has been