envoy to the country james jeffrey says the withdrawal of american troops will not be abrupt or rapid in december president trump announced he would be pulling two thousand u.s. troops out of syria. first of all this is not going to be an abrupt or rapid withdrawal it's going to be an autumn step by step withdrawal and at each point at each phase we're going to look at our underlying goals that i just laid out and ensure that we have means capabilities and partners that can carry them out for us so that's the first thing and of course people are always worried whenever there's a change in american policy because we're a big security player and. we are consulting very carefully and very closely with them if they felt that they weren't consulted enough initially we're doing our very very best to night and day and one count has more now from gaza on tap on the techie syria border. james jeffries was likely designed to calm the face of america's european allies about the withdrawal from syria of those two thousand troops now the europeans will be taking a very close look at what that with

american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich security conference james jeffrey insists it will be a step by step process and run can report from gaza near the tekkie syria border very soon was designed to reassure european allies the u.s. special envoy for syria said this on the planned withdrawal of troops from syria first of all this is not going to be an abrupt or rapid withdrawal it's going. to be an orderly step by step withdrawal and each point at each phase we're going to look at our underlying goals that i just laid out and ensure that we have means capabilities and partners that can carry them out for us this still no plan at least one that is public on the details of the withdrawal however there did seem to be differences with turkey on what to do about the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces led by the kurdish group white b.g. . at the same conference in munich the turkish defense minister reiterated his country's view that the y.p. g. is a terrorist group the main body main issue and we are going to the goals security so the it to get rid of the. te

american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich security conference james jeffrey insists it will be a step by step process. members of the european parliament invited to visit fenn israel have been refused entry to the country they would usually meet with the country's national assembly and opposition leader one to discuss the ongoing political crisis according to the opposition and members of the delegation they were denied entry at airports meanwhile u.s. senator marco rubio has led a delegation to the city of kuta on the border between colombia and venezuela the visit comes twenty four hours after two u.s. military planes arrived in colombia with aid destined for venezuela the aid is being blocked by president nicolas maduro the head of the united nations mission monitoring the cease fire in yemen's port city of had data has been meeting with he and yemeni government representatives tentative agreements have reportedly been reached between the two sides over the withdrawal of troops but both parties postponed discussing an actual dates elsewhere anti-government

ambassador james jeffrey. thank you, thank you. membersof our coalition for their enduring commitment to defeating isis in the middle east and around the world. 2017, only two years -- had a hadi vast vast amount of territory in syria and iraq. when i became president, i said i want to see what they have, and i look and it was a mess. it was a lot. when i took office, one of my very first acts was to go to the to produced ask them and show me a plan to defeat isis. under the new approach we developed, we empowered our commanders in the field, enabled our partners on the ground, and directly confronted isis's wicked ideology, and we are doing that today except in even greater numbers. as a result, as i noted in my state of the union address the united states military, our coalition partners, and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by isis in syria and iraq. it should be formally announced sometime next week probably that we will have 100% of the caliphate. but i want to wait for

american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich security conference james jeffrey insists it will be a step by step process. members of the european parliament invited to visit venezuela have been refused entry to the country they would usually meet with the country's national assembly and opposition leader to discuss the ongoing political crisis according to the opposition and members of the delegation they were denied entry at simone bolivar airport and then expelled meanwhile u.s. republican senator marco rubio has visited the columbia venezuelan border a day off to tons of american aid arrived in the city of kuta it's the second shipment of american supplies that's been sent this month paid a major role in convincing the trumpet ministration to increase pressure on president maduro. what is happening here today without being politically what you seem to me writing the report. calls for an absolute disaster by manmade a criminal regime going to start to kill its own people or gives them power we are inspired from evil but what it reminds us of valuable liberty f

thank you ambassador james jeffrey thank you and all of our coalition members here today for their enduring commitment to defeating isis in the middle east and around the world in january two thousand and seventeen only two years ago isis had a vast amount of territory in syria and iraq when i became president i said i want to see what they have and i looked and it was a mess it was a lot when i took office one of my very first act was to go to the pentagon and asked them to produce and show me a plan to defeat isis under the new approach we developed we empower our commanders in the field enabled our partners on the ground and directly confront is isis is wicked ideology and we're doing that today except in even greater numbers as a result as i noted in my state of the union address yesterday the united states military our coalition partners and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by isis and syria and iraq it should be formally announced some time probably next week that we will have one hundred percent of the caliphate but i want to

american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich security conference james jeffrey and sess it will be a step by step process among qana porson dancing on tap on the turkey syria border . in words designed to reassure european allies the u.s. special envoy for syria said this on the planned withdrawal of troops from syria first of all this is not going to be an abrupt or rapid withdrawal it's going to be an orderly step by step withdrawal and each point at each phase we're going to look at our underlying goals that i just laid out and ensure that we have means capabilities and partners that can carry them out for us this still no plan at least one that is public on the details of the withdrawal however there did seem to be differences with turkey on what to do about the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces led by the kurdish group white b.g. . at the same conference in munich the turkish defense minister reiterated his country's view that the y.p. g. is a terrorist group the main body main issue really are your goals security so the it to get rid of the. terrorists.

reassured world leaders that the withdrawal of american troops from the country won't be abrupt james jeffrey insists it will be an orderly process and carried out in close consultation with allies russian lender gazprom bank has frozen bank accounts linked to the venezuela state oil firm predecessor all transactions between the bank and the oil company have been halted the reuters news agency says gazprom bank is trying to reduce the risk of falling under a u.s. sanctions imposed last month. yes as a marco rubio has led a delegation to the city of kuta on the border between colombia and venezuela the visit comes twenty four hours after two u.s. military planes arrived in colombia with aid destined for venezuela the aid is being blocked by president nicolas maduro. those are the top stories face to face is up next more news for you after that i found out. freedom is not free. every day people die for freedom freedom is not free and in these two guys these two men died just so would we could have basic rights just so i could walk down a street. and not be arrested be able to you know do normal

american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich security conference james jeffrey insists it will be a step by step process imran khan reports and dancing on top of the turkey syria border very soon words designed to reassure european allies the u.s. special envoy for syria said this.

special representative to syria says the withdrawal of american troops won't be abrupt or rapid james jeffrey insists it will be a step by step process speaking at the munich security conference he addressed concerns from allies of the president trumps decision to pull out two thousand troops from syria. first of all this is not going to be an abrupt or rapid withdrawal it's going to be an auto step by step withdrawal and at each point at each phase we're going to look at our underlying goals that i just laid out and ensure that we have means capabilities and partners that can carry them out for us so that's the first thing and of course people are always worried whenever there's a change in american policy because we're a big security player and. we are consulting very carefully and very closely with them if they felt that they weren't consulted enough initially we're doing our very very best to night and day that's going to talk cost funded and run column he's joining us live from gaza on tech near the turkish syrian border as anything of what the u.s. special weapons that represent us have

reassured world leaders that the withdrawal of american troops from the country won't be abrupt james jeffrey insists it will be an orderly process and carried out in close consultation with allies saudi arabia's crown prince has signed several investment deals with pakistan worth twenty billion dollars well had been sound man is making his first visit to pakistan since he was appointed to the throw. in yemen hoofy rebels and the government of agreed to begin the first phase of withdrawal from the her data area both sides have said they will evacuated evacuate forces from her data city and the ports of and. but both sides have yet to agree when to withdraw a twenty four hour curfew is in force in indian administered kashmir after a suicide bomber killed at least forty security personnel on thursday india's government issued a safety warning around reports of people being targeted in response to the incident just a with up next it's witness by for now. a team of chinese scientists embark on a daring deep sea mission searching for rare resources and new species. reveals china's underwater homes

james jeffrey it was a syrian envoy who was trying to achieve two different goals on the one hand he wants to how to protect the kurds reassure. the syrian democratic forces that the united states will protect them about same time there was also a clock of a burial zone whereby the united states with the help of allies would also protect turkey's borders the problem is that this plan has. a measure weaknesses. the head of the european council has vented his frustration over the stalled talks on britain's exit from the e.u. donald tusk said that there is a special place in hell for those who promoted brags that without a plan or she's peter oliver reports. well yes i think certainly the european council president letting off a little steam at a press conference he was giving in brussels earlier on wednesday pulled no punches and left nobody with any question what he thought about those who pushed the brakes of campaign who supported brakes that he told people to vote for break this without ultimately having a plan to follow through on that dream have been wondering what that special p

a sort of a plan or at least there are some recommendations earlier that were made by senator james jeffrey was syrian envoy who's trying to achieve two different goals on the one hand he wants to help protect the kurds reassure. syrian democratic forces most of which are kurdish forces that the united states will protect them at the same time there was also the talk of a battery of his own whereby the united states with the help of allies would also help protect turkey's borders the problem is that this plan has. a major weaknesses first of all would european powers or middle eastern pollers be willing to go into syria into this area without. while the american troops are pulling out there is a big question about the french or the british willing to do to send troops and assume greater responsibilities out of these if they decide to go there would the opposition to them and would syrian government forces be more or less reluctant to attack them then that's attacking americans many experts think that they would be more likely to attack these forces and they would attack american forces so t

reassured world leaders that the withdrawal of american troops from the country won't be abrupt james jeffrey insists it will be an orderly process and carried out in close consultation with allies russian leader gazprom bank has frozen bank accounts linked to the venezuelan state all firm but events are all transactions between the bank and the oil company have also been halted at a watch as news agency says gazprom bank is trying to reduce the risk of falling on the u.s. sanctions imposed last month those are the headlines to stay with us talk to al-jazeera is up next for more news for you after that thanks for much watching ceasing. it's been forty years since the overthrow of the shah of iran would saw his government replace with an islamic republic on talk to al-jazeera we speak to a former foreign minister ambassador to the united nations and a leading voice on the principles of the islamic republic dr come out was also a military spokesman during the iran iraq war with a central role in iranian state media. as he is now chairman of iran's strategic council for foreign relations and the

american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich security conference james jeffrey says it will be a step by step process imran khan reports. on the turkey syria border. in words designed to reassure european allies the u.s. special envoy for syria said this on the planned withdrawal of troops from syria first of all this is not going to be an abrupt or a rapid withdrawal it's going to be an orderly step by step withdrawal and each point at each phase we're going to look at our underlying goals that i just laid out ensure that we have means capabilities and partners that can carry them out for us this still no plan at least one that is public on the details of the withdrawal however there did seem to be differences with turkey on what to do about the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces led by the kurdish group white b.g. . at the same conference in munich the turkish defense minister reiterated his country's view that the y.p. g. is a terrorist group the main body main issue really are your goals security so dear to get rid of the. terrorists. regardless of who the

american troops from the country will not be abrupt speaking from the munich security conference james jeffrey insists it will be a step by step process meanwhile u.s. president donald trump says britain france and germany should take back and put on trial more than eight hundred eisel fighters captured in syria on twitter truck goes on to say that the caliphate is ready to fall the alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them the u.s. does not want to watch as these isis fighters permeate europe which is where they're expected to go we do so much and spend so much time for others to step up and do the job that they are so capable of doing we are pulling back after one hundred percent caliphate victory. u.s. senator marco rubio has that a delegation to the city of cooter on the border between colombia and venezuela now the visit comes twenty four hours after two u.s. military planes arrived in colombia with a destined for venezuela the aid has been blocked by president nicolas maduro. what is happening here today what is happening in venezuela is a man made right. no

ambassador james jeffrey, thank you. thank you. and all of our coalition members here today, for their enduring commitment to defeating isis in the middle east and around the world. in january 2017, only two years ago, isis had a vast amount of territory in syria and iraq. when i became president, i said i want to see what they have, and i looked and it was a mess. it was a lot. when i took office, one of my very first acts was to go to the pentagon and ask them to produce and show me a plan to defeat is isis. under the new approach we developed, we empowered our commanders in the field, enabled our partners on the ground and directly confronted isis' wicked ideology, and we are doing that today except at even greater numbers. as a result, as i noted in my state of the union address yesterday, the united states military, our coalition partners and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by isis in syria and iraq. it should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we w

reassured world leaders that the withdrawal of american troops from the country would be abrupt james jeffrey insists it will be an orderly process and carried out in close consultation with allies and one can has more. in words designed to reassure european allies the u.s. special envoy for syria said this on the planned withdrawal of troops from syria first of all this is not going to be an abrupt or a rapid withdrawal it's going to be an orderly step by step withdrawal and each point we're going to look at our underlying goals that i just laid out ensure that we have means capability and partners that can carry them out for us this still no plan at least one that is public on the details of the withdrawal however there did seem to be differences with turkey on what to do about the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces led by the kurdish group white b.g. . at the same conference in munich the turkish defense minister reiterated his country's view that the y.p. g. is a terrorist group the main body main issue of the. security so the to get rid of the . terrorists. regardless of who. they are

confirmed but his special representative to syria says the withdrawal will not be abrupt or rapids james jeffrey insists it will be a step by step process speaking at the munich conference earlier he says the u.s. will consult closely with this partners on the issue imran khan has more now from gaziantep on the turkey syria border. james jeffries was likely designed to call the phase of america's european allies about the withdrawal from syria of those two thousand troops now the europeans will be taking a very close look at what that withdrawal actually means they'll certainly publicly that hasn't been a plan presented to the european allies about what the europe what the withdrawal might look like most of the stages it might take and how long it might take so these are all words i think designed many observers to calm the phase as i say of the european allies and also to try and calm the fears of the syrian democratic forces who have been at the brunt of the full front of much of the fight against i salute still continues i say was lost on klav is in syria the village of and it still continues

james franklin jeffrey, us special envoy for syria: "we've been telling them here and we've been telling them continuously since mid-december that, first of all, this is not going to be an abrupt or rapid withdrawal. it's going to be an orderly step-by-step withdrawal. and at each point, at each phase, we're going to look at our underlying goals that i just laid out and ensure that we have means, capabilities and partners that can carry them out for us."nic robertson, cnn international diplomatic editor: "iran's foreign minister accused israel of trying to exploit the conflict in syria to make a bigger war. he also pushed back against vice president mike pence's accusation that iran was being anti-semitic." javid zarif, iranian foreign minister: "his hateful accusations against iran, including his ignorant allegation of anti-semitism against the heirs of a man described as the messiah in the holy torah for saving the jews is both ridiculous, but at the same time very, very dangerous."nic robertson, cnn international diplomatic editor: "and the iranian foreign minister going on to pile mo

jeffrey, this is the first time we have heard from andrew mccabe. this is really the first time we have heard from someone speak out loud about the moments after james comey was fired and the concern inside the justice and intelligence apparatus about the president of the united states. what does that tell you? >> that there was a lot of concern. i mean, this was a constitutional crisis really. i mean, this was a moment when senior people in the law enforcement community thought the president was committing crimes in real time. think about that. they were watching the president obstruct justice in real time, they thought. they had to open an investigation. that's pretty profound. >> it's a big deal. >> yeah. >> it is a big deal. i'm curious, as you listen to everything we are just learning, the fact that he was so intent on opening this investigation in his words that it be on solid ground, that nothing could happen to it, just your reaction to that. for you. >> i'm sorry. well, you know, one of the things that's really concerning is how many people he had around him and the concern that everybody had and the uncertainty everybody had. if we just ev

jeffrey berman could not protect donald trump. in his book, andrew mccabe writes that what he knows about president trump -- he writes what he knows about president trump asking then fbi director james comey to drop the investigation. donald trump's first national security adviser, michael flynn, who has pleaded guilty of lying to the fbi. he writes this. after comey's conversation with the president, he called me on the phone to tell me what trump said. this was the moment when i realized that the president and his administration were not just inexperienced, not just unfamiliar with the established norms of democratic government, they wished to manipulate the functions of government mainly for their own interests. and joining us now, the author of that passage and the book "the threat: how the fbi protects america in the age of terror and trump." the former deputy director of the fbi who, after the firing of james comey, became the acting director of the fbi, andrew mccabe. thank you very much for joining us tonight. i know you've been through a bunch of these television discussions. let's start, actually, with the breaking news tonight which is jeffrey rosen and this question of w