and robert o'bryant to lead a delegation to turkey in the immediate future but to begin discussions and negotiations to bring the bloodshed to an end the white house says trump had spoken with the turkish president and the kurdish commanding general in syria by phone pressing them to contain civilian casualties shortly after the calls trump announced via twitter a package of economic sanctions against ancora targeting senior turkish officials the u.s. is also raising steel tariffs and ending negotiations on a $100000000000.00 trade deal between turkey and the u.s. as we've warned all along our desire is not to shut down the turkish economy our desire is to see a appropriate response the white house is facing mounting pressure to address the turkish military invasion of the northern syria emboldened by trump's unilateral decision last week to withdraw u.s. troops from the region among the most outspoken critics was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell typically a trump ally who accused the u.s. of abandoning the kurds and allowing iran and russia to exploit the power vacuum left behind

listen and including secretary of state mike pompei o united states national security advisor robert o'bryant and ambassador james jeffrey to press for an immediate cease fire and discuss the conditions for a negotiated settlement turkey's military offensive into northeast syria is undermining the campaign to defeat isis endangering innocent civilians and threatening peace security and stability in the region. we have made it clear with turkey that any actions in northeast syria in violation of international law including international humanitarian law are unacceptable this includes but is not limited to targeting the kurdish population religious minorities including christians and civilian infrastructure and ensuring that no humanitarian crisis takes place officials and individuals responsible for human rights abuses will be and must be held accountable. due to turkey's actions the president has signed an executive order authorizing the department of state and treasury to consider and impose sanctions sanctions have already been imposed on 3 senior turkish officials and 2 government ministri

had some very great military people in that room and we had some great intelligence people robert o'bryant. really good yes with. the us is the very last month to retire with this phrase we are all over the pullout right shirt straight question and you do a great job by the way your network is fantastic they're really doing a great job please let them know. know the pullout had nothing to do with this in fact we found this out at a similar time it's a very good question because we found this out at a similar time no we're after these leaders and we have others in sight very bad ones but this was the big one this is the biggest one. perhaps that we've ever captured because this is the one that built isis and beyond and was looking to rebuild it again very very strongly looking to build it again that's why he went to this province this is why he went to this area you know a lot of people i was watching this morning and hearing and they said why was he there people were so surprised well that's where he was trying to rebuild from because that was the place that made most sense if you're looki

delegation including secretary of state mike pump a 0 united states national security adviser robert o'bryant and ambassador james jeffrey to press for an immediate cease fire and discuss the conditions for a negotiated settlement. turkey's military offensive into northeast syria is undermining the campaign to defeat isis endangering innocent civilians and threatening peace security and stability in the region. and she had absolutely nothing to add for the 3rd time face in the press here didn't take any questions even though i asked her about that strategically brilliant line coming from president trump she walked off again and said absolutely nothing we did follow up with other ambassadors about that strategically brilliant line the russian ambassador said he wasn't a tall sure what president trump was talking about but then i can privately tell you afterward several european diplomats came to me and said perhaps president trump was talking about the russians because in the view of these european diplomats the russians have certainly had a strategically brilliant time of the last week or so

and robert o'bryant to lead a delegation to turkey in the immediate future but to begin discussions andnegotiations to bring the bloodshed to an end the white house says trump had spoken with the turkish president and the kurdish commanding general in syria by phone pressing them to contain civilian casualties shortly after the calls trump announced via twitter a package of economic sanctions against ancora targeting senior turkish officials the u.s. is also raising steel tariffs and ending negotiations on a $100000000000.00 trade deal between turkey and the u.s. as we've warned all along our desire is not to shut down the turkish economy our desire is to see a appropriate response the white house is facing mounting pressure to address the turkish military invasion of the northern syria emboldened by trump's unilateral decision last week to withdraw u.s. troops from the region among the most outspoken critics was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell typically a trump ally who accused the u.s. of abandoning the kurds and allowing iran and russia to exploit the power vacuum left behind

say just around turkey as we go on into friday what it was a possibility to maybe the old spots o'bryantjust around iraq iran the central areas but again i think these will tend to thin and bright maybe pushing a little further north up towards the caspian sea for sas they say that's a cloud in the rain will not do a little further north 2 out of those northern parts of syria some wet weather a possibility here south of that is brightening up as fine dry and sunny then dry sunny to across much of the regen peninsula southern end of the red sea we'll see some rather wet weather just around the just mountains western side of yemen at least for a time seeing some wet weather little bit of cloud too just in to sell the most pots all the mob to hear about how this could be fought into our temperatures and it is touching 30 celsius to the side of south africa wanted to show was a possibility the heat wave that's remained the main story here watch out for a few showers today in the b. . didn't the u.s. treasury just a few months ago say that now china. we bring you the stories and developments

just around turkey as we go on into friday want to show is a possibility to maybe the off spots o'bryant just around iraq iran the central areas but again i think these will tend to thin and bright maybe pushing a little further north up towards the caspian sea for sas they say that's a cloud in the rain will not do a little further north to out of those northern parts of syria some wet weather a possibility here south of that is brightening up as fine dry and sunny then dry sunny too across much of the arabian peninsula southern end of the red sea we'll see some rather wet weather just around the just mountains western side of yemen at least for a time seeing some wet weather little bit of cloud too just in to sell the most parts of mom to hear about how it could be fought it watch out because it is touching 30 celsius to across that eastern side of south africa i want to show as a possibility the wife does remain the main story here watch out for a few showers too in the in mustn't be. too much sponsored by countdown. for you protesting about how does this impact. where online will i f

delegation including secretary of state mike pompei o united states national security adviser robert o'bryant and ambassador james jeffrey to press for an immediate cease fire and discuss the conditions for a negotiated settlement turkey's military offensive into northeast syria is undermining the campaign to defeat isis endangering innocent civilians and threatening peace security and stability in the region. i threw a question to the u.s. ambassador kelly craft about that strategically brilliant quote from president trump she walked off the 3rd time she's spoken to reporters here at the u.n. and not taken any questions from us the russian ambassador vastly benzion said he found that comment most confusing i can tell you 2 european diplomats said perhaps president truck was talking about russia's position because if you look at the last 10 days or so the only country that things have been strategically brilliant for is president putin and his diplomats all right james bays thank you now despite the intensifying diplomatic pressure for a halt to the offensive turkey's president remains determ