david ignatius, you have new reporting on what may be imminent. what are you hearing?ld last night that this turkish attack across the border with air assets and on the ground would come within the next 24 hours. this morning talking to my sources who are in touch with the fighters at the border on the u.s. side, i'm told so far there has only been probing. the turkish attack has not begun yet. so perhaps there's a moment of reflection as the turks see the enormous criticism coming, especially from the u.s. congress. i talked last night with senator lindsey graham who said that as soon as congress returns from its recess, he will introduce a motion to sanction turkey if turkey invades, and he told me that he thinks he has 85 to 90 votes to support that motion, extraordinary swell of criticism of turkey. two other important developments i want to mention. first, as the turks prepare for their invasion across the border in northeastern syria, russian and syrian regime forces further south are said to be moving up toward the kurdish areas to catch the kurds in a kind of n

david ignatius says that turkey is likely to attack on air and ground in the next 24 hours. the turkish attacks appear to be coordinated with the russians. they are mobilizing to invade. david ignatius talking about the possible horror that isis detain kne detainees could be broken out of the prison. this is posted by "the washington post" david ignatiu sur s, we will continue to follow that. good evening, lawrence. >> when you hear a story that says something like hours left to stop it. >> at this point, the united states making this decision after immediately getting off of the phone with the turkish president, without consulting with the military, state department, anyone in national security, that was apparently enough to green light this. the question that ignatius is wondering if similarly quick action by the united states right now might be enough to stop this. i don't know if the president is aware of the seriousness, but the force basically moving in to slaughter the kurds, that is the sort of thing that would be a five-alarm fire in any national security apparatus

and executive producer the circus david ignatius. and white house correspondent for reuters, jeff mason joins us this morning. >> you know, john heilman, it really is -- it's just remarkable, this guy is making richard nixon look like a choir boy. you have donald trump's campaign manager in jail. will probably be there for the rest his life. his first national security adviser admitted to breaking the law, committing a felony. i mean, you can go down the list, his foreign affairs person, his lawyer, his long-time lawyer, personal fixer in jail. and course of the week say lot is a lot of detail going to be exposed around rudy giuliani's behavior around the globe running to what amounted to an off books shadow foreign policy, pursuing the president's political objectives with people like -- with hinchman with names like igor and lev. so the picture, whatever legal jeopardy rudy giuliani might be in on the backside of these investigations, the optics of the picture that's emerging of his role running around this globe and doing these th

david ignatius. >> oh, good lord. >> david ignatius and gene robinson. >> two kids is right. >> they were kids. incredible game last night and now, believe it or not, washington is coming home with 2-0 lead. >> it was a tight game, 2-2 verlander and strasbourg were shaky in the first inning but then settled down before the nats just erupted on them. they won the game 12-3. there's suzuki with the go-ahead run off verlander, that made it 3-2 and the flood gates opened from there. but the nationals, joe, have gotten through the two pitchers who have been unbeatable to a lot of other teams in both cole and verlander. now they come home having stolen two games and they can win the worlder is vee world series, they've got a couple of chances do it on their home field this week. >> and gene robinson, all of these hits brought to you by bryce harper because he paid for this entire team. any home run you see, soto, look upwards to philadelphia and say, thank you, bryce, hope you're having a good off-season. >> i think i'll take juan soto. >> i think everybody would. >> this tem is incredible

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chants of the england players and leading both areas prime minister to man and the hail of service ignatius thank that's it you are today have a good day. sitting rooms are all. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines. between the muslims and the christian population laughs my instructors occupied the city center in 2017 president of churches response was from a whole. generation will never again look old came out of. the ring conquest turned into tragedy this is not the kind of freedom that we want . how did morality become a gateway to islamist terror. an exclusive report from a destroyed city. filling in the sights of our us starts october 24th on d w. the international monetary fund has kept its outlook for the wealthy economy the i.m.f. says the situation is precarious with no room for policy mistakes also coming up more some deacons heads to the polls and hopes they can benefit from the country's lost well soft natural resources. and president trump threatens to destroy the turkish economy overall i'm dressed offensive in northern syria. but come to this. jones and the language t

of the government is ignatius 2nd you have to. know you want. the whole you know want to take down the old. saw the 1st step that is the government achieve. the new formation of a new government based on technocratic with difficult ticket members so they can achieve the other the money. is not likely to happen. not really because you know lebanon is. you know old region and. let's say. violence or any event that took place in the middle east region will have its impact on lebanon so we need this moment we are waiting for a press release from the presidential palace which is going to be released in the next few minutes. i received some few minutes ago so working for the loonies what is normal call didn't do i was sources as the devil you in bed with a good look to all sorts of that you talk today. the parliament we're going to lead a side how do you do for the new government. so it sounds like this crisis is far from over because if protesters. about the political elite and they don't get a technocratic government then the same people with differ

david ignatius, this is not a hypothetical. the guy he appointed now has an incredible detailed story of how this quote, drug deal went down so to speak. i mean, this is not a hypothetical. he has to answer questions at some point to the reality that happened on his watch, doesn't he? >> so mika, i think this is mike pompeo's profile in courage moment. either he steps up and tells the truth. he obviously has been concerned about this for months, that comes through, or he does what he's so often done, retreats and waits if the preside-- for the president to make up his mind and tries to be loyal to trump. now for mike pompeo it's not going to be possible to do both, and i think there's going to be focus on him. what did he do? what did he say, what did he think now? >> another focus will be on republicans who have been defending president trump throughout all of this. let's bring in nbc news correspondent garrett haake. i wonder if you saw anything on capitol hill yesterday, you were there all day. was there any initial reaction

david ignatius pointing out the other terrifying possibility of isis detainees quote, breaking out of camps and prisons. he writes this is a major disaster coming at us because of trump's decisions. quote, hours left to stop it. this is being reported by the "washington post" who does tend to have very good sources on these matters. we'll continue to follow this as it continues to break over the course of the night. that does it. now it's time for "the last word." >> good evening. when you hear a story of hours left to stop it, that pretty much means it cannot be stopped. >> well, at this point the united states making this pre p precipitous decision by the president, immediately after getting off the phone with the turkish president, without consulting with tuesday military, without consuling with anyone in national security, that was apparently enough to green light this. the question that ignatius is raising is whether or not similarly quick action by the united states right now might be enough to stop this. i don't know if the president understands but the idea of a russian and tu

, especially on january 10th 2017 when clapper told ignatius, inwards to the effect of "take the killhot on flynn." did he actually say take the kill shot on flynn? what do you say "words to the effect of?" >> obviously i wasn't a party to the conversation, so i am trying to give him the benefit of the doubt there. but yes, we requested his phone records to cooperate the timing and everything about that call that we can possibly cooperate. it's very concerning, of course there was a leak of the transcript of the call with kislyak the same time. and two days after that, the ignacio story breaks less than two days actually. >> jason: where's the evidence that conversation and those words are the effect of those words actually took place? >> i cannot reveal the source right now but i do have a very good source for that informati information. >> jason: you'd believe the deferment of justice is withholding that information from you? >> i believe the department of justice is withholding a lot of information as it is with mr. clapper, mr. brennan and on the people who purchase paid in the co

david ignatius reports the sources have moved by air and by ground.eanwhile, ignatius reports that isis is mobilizing sleeper cells in the see of raqqah. >>> and in a tweet yesterday, the president writing we may be in the process of leaving syria, but in no way have we abandoned the kurds who are special people and wonderful fighters. but on the ground in syria, "the wall street journal" reports a very different story. the video teleconference on monday with the commander of the kurdish-led syrian democratic forces, u.s. officials were left scrambling to defuse situations is there. one commanders reportedly yelled, quote, you sold us before storming outside of the room. while another said we have become accustomed by being betrayed by foreign partners. >>> still ahead, we just mentioned we're going to have much more on lindsey graham's offer for rudy giuliani to testify before the senate judiciary committee. >>> ellen is responding after spotting sitting next to former president george w. bush at a football game. those and more, coming right back. (b

but does david ignatius have a point? >> i think he does.trange point in the context that the president's children are both working in the white house and doing business with foreign governments as well. that is a reasonable point to be made. however, it should never take focus away from what the president did which is to work with foreign governments to undermine our elections. >> i think that is right. but i want to get back to the question whether impeachment is going to hurt the democrats. >> okay. >> and i do believe, because i was in judiciary committee at the time and during the nixon impeachment, it could hurt the democrats. depending on how they play it. and one of the things that i think is really dangerous is if you have a bunch of democrats who want to see their face on cable television and decide to give speeches and this is what they've done so far in the hearings all year rather than hiring somebody and during the impeachment time was john door the attorney who asked most of the questions, you've got to have a professional the

david ignatius said, and david's been over in syria and knows so much about the battle against isis. president trump is about to make pay major consequential mistake. he's informing that syrian/kurdish allies that u.s. is withdrawing from positions on the border abandoning security mechanism to allow an invasion by turkish forces. of course this is after the united states had them move some of their heavy equipment off the border in an act of good will. well, they were just being set up for this slaughter. that's what you get for being an ally with donald trump and playing a major role in crushing the caliphate, which, of course, the kurds did. >> and it's just monday, october 7th. with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. white house reporter for "the associated press"on that lemire. political brighter and name analyst nicholas consorry. and eddy jr. over the weekend we learned that a second whistleblower has come forward with information about president trump's july 25th phone call with the president of the ukraine. an attorney representing the original whistleblower says th

he was working with his friend, david ignatius, the paper's investigative journalist with a deep knowledgeused to love to come to this newsroom. he'd walk around and look in offices and see people work and he just beamed. jamal wrote 20 columns in the year before his death. "saudi arabia wasn't always this repressive. now it's unbearable. it is the only home we know or want. yet we are the enemy." this man — the new saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman — was a target of jamal‘s criticism. mbs, as he's known, was hailed by many in the west as a reformer. very nice people. president trump praised him on high—profile trips to washington. it's an honour to have the crown prince of saudi arabia with us. our relationship is probably the strongest it's ever been. we understand each other. at home, however, mbs was soon cracking down on anyone who opposed him. human rights activists and journalists. all highlighted by jamal khashoggi in the post. "i am raising my voice. i can speak when so many cannot." this was not the image of his leadership that the crown prince wanted to project. i think th

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heidi joins the set along with david ignatius. good to have you all.. >> you know, i get so tired, willie, of having people talk about, oh, whether they going to have their sister soldier moment talking about what bill clinton did in 1992. but i think in this case where everybody else on the stage is darting far left, biden is still sort of firmly in the center. this is a good move for mayor pete for a couple reasons. first of all, tell people what they can and can't do in their own churches is unconstitutional. kurt anderson was saying that. it's also pretty extreme. and also running around saying you're going to confiscate guns, probably not the best move, as mayor pete said. hey, we got 90% with us on expanded background checks, we've got a majority with us on banning military-style assault weapons, why don't we start there? so he's really trying to carve out his own space on the ideological spectrum there. i think it's a smart thing to do. >> yeah. and also, joe, on this day of the democratic debate, mayor pete is going to put up an ad attacking by

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and to government demonstrations continue across the country despite prime minister saad hariri ignatius very quick on tuesday saying he'd come to a dead end in dealing with the president to protest that of power lies the country presently shallow also asked her to stay all until a new government is formed saying the holder has more from the lebanese capital. the roads are now open so will schools universities and banks lebanon may no longer be paralyzed but the political crisis is far from over protesters who blocked roads across the country for almost 2 weeks toppled the coalition government prime minister saddle had resigned after failing to form a government free from the influence the political parties the president michel aoun has still to set a date to start consultations with members of parliament to agree on a new prime minister a post held by a son a muslim replacing heidi won't be easy he is considered the representative of that community. but hariri will insist on a semi technocratic government but the ruling coalition is insisting political parties remain represented hariri

i want to add to the conversation, this from david ignatius of "the washington post." a bad situation in northeast syria about to get much worse. sources tell me that u.s. officials, excuse me, have just informed the syrian kurds that turkey is likely to attack on air and ground in next 24 hours. the u.s. will do nothing. i'm also told the kurdish attack appears coordinated with the russians. russian-backed forces are mobilizing to invade the kurdish area from the south. turkish, i'm sorry. the kurdish area from the south. i got the turkish attack wrong at the start of that graph. it's a lot, molly, but tell our viewers what they need to know. >> well, there are serious implications for this clearly for the conflict in syria that has been ongoing, even if it hasn't gotten much attention in the u.s. because it's been somewhat of a stalemate. there will be clear and likely devastating consequences for the kurds that have been such a key u.s. ally, particularly in the fight against islamic state in syria, and in iraq as well. it's very important to president erdogan of tu

. >> journalist david ignatius watched putin's land grab with growing concern. >> the ukrainian leadershat to do. they had believed that the united states stood with them as they tried to become truly independent of russia. a russia that was fighting a war on their boreders to try to suppress them, suppress their freedoms. that they method, america stands with us. >> with russia now occupying crimea and eastern ukraine, the new pro-american government in kiev needed its friends in washington more than ever. but the obama administration first wanted ukraine to clean up its house. then vice president biden was named point man for the anti-corruption effort. >> it's absolutely critical for ukraine, in order to be stable and prosperous and part of a secure europe, to definitely, thoroughly, completely root out the cancer of corruption. >> there was plenty to root out after the hat thief, yanukovych, fled the country. people flocked to the former presidential palace, a sprawling compound decorated in dictator chic, complete with artificial lake and private zoo. there they found documents det

david ignatius from the "washington post" saying he's largely friendly to biden, but what was he thinking on this board and takihaving a ukraine portfolio? should there be children on board members? most definitely no. so this is an uncertain future for him, but the warren stuff is political problems. that's why they're hearing a wrath of advice here and he's trying to make his way through it all. >> it says it particularly unwarrants support for the proposal. but they have no plan to use a scorched earth against the massachusetts senator, largely because they believe it would backfire, and they hope other political rivals would assume that role. sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. >> i would think they will. there is already anxiety in the candidate race besides warren, because in the case of taking the senator race from biden, she's sucking up the oxygen from candidates like bernie sanders, pete buttigieg and even kamala harris, so i think you are going to see more -- especially as we approach this next debate, more candidates trying to find ways to undermine warren's message. some

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from general flynn's team where they're alleging that basically there were people who went to david ignatiushe washington post." and that james clapper or people on his staff went to him and basically said it's time to take out general flynn. there needs to be a kill shot, basically. clapper people saying he was the director of national intelligence, of course. the president has attacked him. saying he didn't quite use those words. wondering if this is a weevilly way out. was james clapper there when he used the word conspiracy. were he and others out to get general flynn. >> it's chilling. it should give us a concern whether we are democrat or republican in this country that those with the most powerful tools we grant our investigators you may have operatives or intelligence community working with the fbi to come up with and to conspire to take down either a sitting president or those in his campaign, to do that with the laws that we have should concern all of us. >> so last question then, who should be concerned? i mentioned james clapper, in this latest allegation, that he wanted a quote,

because that was a brutal three days. >> david ignatius, we will let you take it from there. you obviously know this, you have been there several times, and you just have to look at what happened, and i'm sure you know this better than any of us, the heroes were once again the kurds, who did quite a bit more than what donald trump said from all reports and also our special forces, our u.s. troops, men and women in uniform over there, you've seen them, they are the best that there is. >> well, joe, and mika, let's start there. the soldiers who do these operations, the special operations forces, drawn primarily from the army, but also from other services, are just the best at fighting, the best fighting force in the world. they operate just as a tempo, and locations, that are difficult, in a way that nobody else can. they also work well in other partner nations which typically don't want to be disclosed, but it's been widely reported that france and britain have some forces that have done similar operations. since the beginning of this war, going back to 2014, our special opera