elizabeth: thank you steve harrigan in syria, let's bring in michael pregent. first, your reaction to the white house meeting, that nancy pelosi walked out? >> this is a bipartisan criticism of what the president decides to do last sunday. and it's concerning. but democrats did not care about syria trier to president trump p making this decision, this is feigned outrage. elizabeth: interesting point. let's turn to defense secretary esper condemns turkey assault. undermining defeat of isis, your thoughts. >> it is -- will be security degradation in i northern syria. turkey cannot control the forces they are using, the sunni jihadist groups, russia does not have enough of a military presence, they are military policemen. as soon as russians move into an area and offset forces move in, the forces in turkey is using will -- them, no one with control the syrians that fight for three different countries, 7 different times thrcial. >> many democrat do care about what is going on in syria. you were just criticizing the leaderrer ship. >> they do now, there some be bipa

fox news steve harrigan has the latest developments from the middle east. >> reporter: secretary of defense mark esper says forces being pulled back from syria will eventually end up in western iraq to monitor the islamic state adding the ceasefire negotiated on thursday by vice president pence and the turkish president is in his view holding. >> i think overall the ceasefire generally seems to be holding. we see a stabilization of the lines, if you will, on the ground and we do get reports of intermittent fires, this and that. that doesn't surprise me necessarily, but that's what we're picking up. that's what we're seeing so far. >> reporter: both democratic and republican lawmakers have vocally opposed president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops and fear its potential long term impact. house speaker nancy pelosi led a surprise congressional visit to jordan over the weekend releasing this statement. with the deepening crisis in syria after turkey's incursion our delegation has engaged in violation discussions about the impact to regional stability, increased flow of refugees and the

by zero david: president trump announcing tough new act against turkey, very latest, but first steve harrigan northeastern syria with the latest on the group there. i'm afraid -- contacting sorry. you can imagine contacting steve in syria is not an easy thing to do, we'll go back to this issue, president trump this afternoon announcing new action on turkey, president saying he will soon impose new sanctions, hike steel tariffs and stop negotiating a u.s.-turkey trade deal, here is former lieutenant color i -- col in u.s. army,. >> this is right thing to do. the u.s. did not green light this operation, the turks have been wants to do this for years, u.s. said don't do it, u.s. said you will be held accountable. then i think that u.s. has to take a stand. the way that turks feel it most acutely, the biggest arrow in our quiver is the sanctions. >> james, steve moore, i'm a libertarian with foreign policy, i do agree with a lot of trumpers who say, we should not be world's police. on the other hand, we want to fight the war on terrorism and win it. how would someone -- help someone like myself u

steve harrigan is on the ground. in the capital of the country's kurdish region pin will have a live report later in the hour. during a cabinet meeting at the white house this afternoon, president trump defended his decision to pull some u.s. troops out of syria, saying we never agreed to protect the kurds for the rest of their lives. kristin fisher reporting live from the white house. >> president trump joe said that the cease-fire between the turks and kurds is holding. you heard from lucas tomlinson that a top kurdish general told fox news that the cease-fire is not holding, that the turkish military is continuing to attack the kurds. that general asked president trump to reconsider but today, about two hours ago, president trump duggan. >> we never agreed to attack the kurds for the rest of their lives. where is the agreement and said we have to stay in the middle east for the rest of humanity, for the rest of civilization. to protect the kurds. it never said that. we have protected them. >> and asked if presiden

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bret. >> bret: steve harrigan in northeastern syria, thank you.bc is apologizing time for running images it said were from a battle between the turks and kurds, but which instead appear to be from a gun range in kentucky. the network aired the video sunday night and this morning, the "washington examiner" reports are represented for the knob creek gun range in west point kentucky says the images appear to be from one of the facilities facility's life, abc says it were aggress the error. get some comments on syria, the turks and kurds in what's happy to from senior political analyst brit hume. this developed quickly. obviously the actions turkey happen quickly and forcefully and now sanctions. >> it's pretty good at what happened here is that we had this delicate arrangement along the border in force, if that's the right word by a presence of a small number of u.s. troops. it's held for many months now and negotiations are underway to deal with that whole flash point border area for some time. that's all out the window now. the president had his co

but first, let's get the latest from steve harrigan, who is live inside syria. e. >> chris, reports of those possible atrocities are spreading like wildfire here across syria and when you cross over the border, you can really just sends people's fear. i heard a kurdish official tele journalist "you're never going to find a driver to take you around at that price, not with all the bombs falling from the sky. not with what they're doing to people. some disturbing video emerging of what may be -- boxes been able to verify its authenticity -- it turkish-backed era militia fighter executing a kurdish fighter along the side of the road. as the fighter shoots the kurd he shouts "feel me, feel me." there are also reports, denied by the turkish-backed era militia, that they have assassinated a female kurdish political party leader. once again, the turks denying that. as far as the bigger picture here goes, we are in day five of this military offensive. no sign of a slow down. turkey's president pushing ahead with military action from the sky and from shelling. you can see

steve harrigan reporting in northeastern syria, it is just past 10:15 p.m. steve. >> trace, we are hearing helicopters fly overhead and can see a building burning, not sure what caused that, this has gotten more complicated in the last 24 hours. two new players joined, syrian government forces, as well as their ally russian forces. russian forces are on the move in key strategic town along the border, they are actually patrolling in between syrian government forces and turkish forces, also talking to both sides, negotiating between both sides. we'll see if anything comes out of the talks. the u.s. pressing hard for cease-fire. president trump calling president erdogan on monday and sending vice president mike pence to the region, both sides are racing for a hopeful cease-fire, trace. >> trace: what do you hear from kurds on the ground there? >> trace, emotions here are running very high, the kurds don't have air power and they need help, that is why they have gone to the syrian government and the russians for some kind of help. we were at a mass funeral today

steve harrigan has the latest. steve? >> dana, a lot of concern that the cease fire would expire.ad some towns turning to ghost towns. they feared another round of shelling. looks like that won't happen. that's because of a russian brokered deal. we just got out of a meeting and saw the results from sochi, russia. a meeting between president erdogan and president putin. they have agreed to make joint patrols to create a safety zone that would have no kurdish fighters inside it. it looks like this cease fire, this pause in the fighting might continue. here's turkey president erdogan. >> both countries will take any measures necessary to prevent terrorists to entering in the zone. as of today, turkey and russia will continue to contribute efforts to achieve the peaceful solutions for syria. >> since the withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria, we've seen a tremendous growth in influence of russia in this process. keep in mind, it was the turkish president that went to russia to meet with putin. this was a russian brokered deal and will be in the end russian forces on the ground patroll

steve harrigan tells us this comes as the united dates is hoping to persuade the president of turkey to end their military operations in syria. >> reporter: as turkish forces continue their assault on kurdish forces in northeastern syria, president trump is defending his decision to remove u.s. forces from the region. >> why are we protecting areas land? syria also has a relationship with the kurds who are no angels by the way. critics say kurds who were u.s. allies in fighting isis. >> that is just unfair, dangerous and quite frankly dishonorable for us to abandon the kurds. it puts our allies in jeopardy. it makes people wonder in the future why they would want to align with united states. >> reporter: mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo, are heading to the area to push for a cease-fire. >> they are a member of nato. we have security interest connected to turkey. our goal is to deny turkey the capacity to continue to engage in this behavior. >> reporter: lawmtroduce partis turkey on thursday. despite the pressure, the turkish president said there is no chance of a cease-f

steve harrigan is in northeastern syria tonight. >> when turkey began its military operation eight days ago it was against the kurds. a modern professional military versus a skilled militia with no air power. the syrian government and its ally russia, the balance of power has shifted dramatically. russian police patrols strategic cities. syrian government forces have seized 400 mi. of territory and the fight for some key towns has gone back and forth between each side. this is the turkish flag that captured this and they escaped, the turkish gangsters, a righteous cause that we are defending our land and no one can invade our land. >> president erdogan initially said he would not meet with mike pence in and car thursday, now he is. he said there will be no cease-fire. that too could change. >> our proposal is for the terrorists to lay down their arms, equipment, everything and leave the safe so we designated. >> mike pence and mike pompeo will bring a simple message to president erdogan, stop your military operation immediately. >> we need them to stand down, we need a cease-fire at whi

steve harrigan was reporting there are u.s. choppers flying low trying to protect our own people on the ground from attacks from the turkish military, this is a very hot situation. i know the president has called for a cease-fire. does the president think this toothpaste can be put back in the tube? >> it's more than a cease-fire, the president is sending a delegation headed up by the vice president of the united states, robert o'brien, ambassador jeffrey as well. we've got to fix the situation, the president has been very clear. >> martha: did erdogan promised the president this would not happen? >> i'm sorry? >> martha: did erdogan promised president trump in that phone call that this would not happen? >> the president had a conversation with president erdogan, he made some promises to donald trump. donald trump said in the statement at the time we have assurances from erdogan. if he doesn't comply or hold up to those promises at his end of the bargain, he's going to wreck the economy and that's what donald trump has done. we

fox reporter steve harrigan now with the latest. >> reporter: as turkish forces continue their assault on kurdish fighters in northeastern syria, president trump is defending his decision to remove u.s. forces. >> why are we protecting syria's land? assad is not a friend to us. why are we protecting their land? and a relationship with the kurds, who by the way are no angels, okay? >> that is just unfair. dangerous and quite frankly, it's dishonorable. >> puts our allies in jeopardy. makes people wonder in the future why they would want to align with the united states. >> reporter: vice president mike pence, and secretary of state mike pompeo are heading to ancora to push for a cease- fire. >> they're a member of nato, we have important security interests connected to turkey. our goal isn't to break the relationship. it is to deny turkey the capacity to continue to engage in this behavior. >> reporter: lawmakers plan to introduce sanctions on turkey on thursday. despite the president, the turkish president says there is no chance of a cease-fire. in northern syria, steve harrigan fox ne

steve harrigan is on the ground in northeast syria. how is it today, steve?, more complicated over the last 24 hours, two new players on the scene, you have syrian government forces under bashar al assad and russian forces, as well, they have both taken possession of a key town along the border, manbij and the russian forces are patrolling in between syrian government forces and turkish forces, playing the role the u.s. used to play. tremendous amount of effort from the trump administration to secure a cease-fire, that hasn't happened despite a call from president trump, financial sanctions and upcoming visit from vice president mike pence, no slowdown in turkey's military operation. they say they want to push forward into syria, to create a 20-mile buffer zone. it caused 160,000 refugees so far, the number is going up, people fleeing to get away from the fighting. tough for groups to reach them because of the shelling smchlt say they have nothing. >> there is no place, it has been four days since we bathed our children. no water, no toilet, no hot water or g

jon: steve harrigan, thanks. >>> now to the u.k. where prime minister boris johnson has sent a letter to the eu to request a delay, even though he opposes the move. this as the parliament voted to delay a final decision on the brexit deal today. meanwhile the brexit leader say parliament is not representing the country as all. >> do you want to leave with a clean break brexit or remain in the european union? there is a very very comfortable lead for those who want to leave. my message for the prime minister is rather boris than pushing through a very bad new eu treaty, better to play for time, let's get a general election and then hopefully we get a parliament that reflects the country. jon: fox business network's ashley webster is in london with more. ashley: it certainly hasn't been the day that boris johnson had hoped for. british lawmakers were expected to vote on his freshly-minted deal struck just two days ago in brussel, but it never happened. an amendment preempting that vote and the government not wanting another delay with

steve harrigan is live on the ground in the war zone in northeastern syria. eve, thank you for traveling there to bring us the story. >> thanks, dana. things have changed really quickly here over the past 24 hours with the americans out and the kurds saying they basically got stabbed in the back by the americans. the kurds have been quick to find a new partner. syria's leader bashar al-assad and the syrian government. that means what started just five days ago as an anti terror operation could now be something very much larger and very much more deadly. we could be seeing a nato country, turkey, versus the syrian government, backed by russia. the hypothetical potential would be russian airstrikes on turkish positions. certainly something that could happen. the fighting on the ground already has been intense and brutal. really a no holds barred no rules fighting with some irregular militias. turkish backed militias being accused of a number of atrocities including executing turkish prisoners on the ground and kurdish female political leaders and bombing a convo

. >> steve harrigan reports on what has happened in the region since u.s.roops were paroled back by the white house. stroke syrian forces moved north starkest forces moved south of setting the stage for deadly and attends classes near the border. the syrian army has been deployed following a deal with curtis fighters helped fend off turkish invasion. turkey calls the movement into syria and anti-terror operation. the goal is to force out the kurds and create a 20 mile safe zone. curtis soldiers are pushing back with reinforcements from the government. people defeat the turkish forces and this immaculate and holy land. >> they turned to the syrian regime after president trump pulled american forces from the region. the surprise move has led to heavy criticism over fears the u.s. could set the stage for now 4 state resurgence. hundreds of captured isis fighters have already broken out of syrian prisons in recent days and the u.s. could be headed for a full military withdrawal. >> we did not sign up to fight turkey. a long standing nato ally, on behalf. >> the

back to you. >> bret: steve harrigan live early wednesday morning. impeachment will likely be a dominant theme during tonight's debate in ohio, we are learning the details tonight about the palace intrigue at the white house involving then national security advisor john bolton and presidential lawyer rudy giuliani. at these details, as another administration insider marches up to capitol hill to speak to democrats who are trying to remove president trump. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with our report. >> a source familiar with the matter tells fox news that former white house russia advisor fiona hill told investigators that she and other white house officials grew so alarmed by rudy giuliani's efforts for a ukraine investigation that they went to national security lawyer john eisenberg. "the new york times" and associated press went for the reporting the national security advisor john bolton called giuliani a hand grenade that was going to blow everybody up. in a statement to fox, giuliani said to bolton i'm disappointe

>> bret: steve harrigan, live in erbil, iraq. thank you.ebook, ceo mark zuckerberg plans to tell congress tomorrow his company's plan lib bra crypto currency will not launch without u.s. government approval. facebook also says it is removing four networks of fake state-backed misinformation spreading accounts based in russia and iran. and it is stepping up its efforts to ensure the site is not used as a tool to interfere in politics and democracies around the world. speaking of social media, an unusual story involving one of the republican's party's most prominent politicians and twitter. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel looks into what the utah senator and former republican presidential nominee has been doing and how he has been doing it. >> 2012 gop presidential nominee and persistent trump critic senator mitt romney was recently outed as pierre delecto on twitter. >> a way to keep up with the news and i followed 600 or some odd people. 700. just a way to have a private account to see what's going on. >> slate published some

we have team fox coverage, jennifer griffin life at the pentagon, but steve harrigan reporting from iraq, tell us what is happening on the ground. >> trace, it was right at this hour, 3:00 eastern, 10:00 p.m. local that there were a lot of scared people, people on the kurdish side of that board are afraid there could be more air strikes, shelling. a renewed defensive by turkey. turkey's president erdogan had threatened that he would do just that if all kurdish fighters were not out of the buffer zone. it looks like that is not happening right now. and it may not happen at all. there has been a deal reached in sochi, russia, between the russians and turkey. here is president erdogan. >> both countries are going to take any measures necessary to prevent terrorists to enter in this zone. as of today, turkey and russia will continue to contribute efforts to achieve the peaceful solutions for syria. >> on the ground that means that about six days' time, we will see joint patrols on the syrian side of the border, we will see syrian government forces alongside russian government sources, they w

shannon. >> shannon: steve harrigan, thank you.gon accelerating plans to get all american troops out of syria as the turkish offensive against kurdish forces intensifies, so some u.s. forces will stay in the region. let's turn to fox news contributor daniel hoffman, also former cia station chief and johnny joey jones, a retired marine corporation bomb technician. think about her being with us in it. >> thank you for having me. >> shannon: there's been a lot of by partisan backlash. one of the local critics, this is senator lindsey graham, a republican, he met reported for hours at the white house today with some others. he came out and made a statement afterwards. he said "i would urge my republican and democratic colleagues to continue to speak out against turkey's incursion into syria and support president trump's efforts to impose crippling sanctions against turkey." he adds than "the president's team has a plan i pretend to support them as strong as possible and to give them reasonable time and space to achieve our mutual goals

chris: steve harrigan, thank you.ng us now, the secretary of defense, mark esper, for his e first sunday show appearance. mr. secretary, welcome to "fox news sunday." >> thank you for having me on. chris: i have to assume you're just as distressed as i am at hearing steve's report, executions of kurdish fighters, reports that the turks are hitting prisons and that hundreds of either isis fighters or their supporters are escaping. how much of that can you con number? >> it's terrible. i've heard the same reports. it gets worse by the hours, chris. these are all the exact things that we have communicated to president erdogan and his ministers. i spoke to my counterpart a few dayses ago, i sent him a memo on friday night, a formal response, and i warned them if they do this incurl, we will see -- incursion, we will see humanitarian catastrophe, it will damage u.s. relations with turkey, their staying in nato. all of this is playing out exactly as we predicted and we, again, urge president erdogan to go back to status quo

steve harrigan is on the ground in northeastern syria. eve. >> in the past 24 hours the entire battleground here has changed. put it simply things have simply gotten just a lot bigger. this started out according to turkey as an anti-terror operation. what we might be seeing now is the start of a war. a war between two nations. one a member of nato, the other backed by russia. overnight kurdish forces who say they have been abandoned by the u.s. made a deal with the assad government in damascus, a russian-backed syrian government for help. syrian government forces are already on the way entering the battlefield here in northeastern syria. so the battle just got much bigger with the syrian government involved. signs on the ground to the fighting. this is not a conventional war. there is real brutality on this battlefield. regular forces without discipline sometimes changing uniform dragging people out of cars, executing prisoners on the battlefield. a lot of disturbing video coming out of this fight showing the brutal hatred and a convoy hit

steve harrigan live in iraq with the very latest. hi, steve. >> reporter: eric, it's clear that there still is violation along the border between syria and turkey. this despite a ceasefire negotiated by vice president pence on thursday with the turkish president. both sides are blaming the other for the ceasefire violations. the kurds saying it's the turkish military, the turkish military saying it's the kurds. president erdogan of turkey has given the kurds until tuesday to clear out of the buffer zone inside syria. if they fail to do so, he says, he will, quote: crush the heads of the kurdish fighters. here's [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: if it works, it works. if it doesn't, the minute 120 hours expire, we will continue from where we left off and keep crushing the heads of the terrorists. >> reporter: it's been a very ambitious military to offensive by turkey. their goal is to push 20 miles in to syria all along the border, that's a 275-mile stretch. they say if all kurdish fighters are not out of that zone, the ceasef

steve harrigan is reporting from the front lines in northeast syria for us today. steve. >> there was some initial confusion over whether or not the president of turkey would even meet with vice president pence in turkey. that confusion being cleared up. erdogan saying he will meet with the u.s. delegation but he will not be discussing any cease-fire. this military operation by turkey now in its eighth day and still shows no sign of slowing up. turkish officials say they intend to push forward to form a 20-mile buffer, safe zone to clear the entire region of kurd fighters. erdogan has been adamant saying he will not negotiate with the kurds who he calls terrorists. here is the turkish president. >> in the history of the turkish republic as a state there has been no such thing as sitting at a table with the terrorist organization. from now on, no one should expect something like that from us. and we're not looking for a mediator or anything. we don't need it. >> as u.s. forces have withdrawn from the front lines, russia has been quick to fill that void. right now in

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steve harrigan live with the latest. >> now slowdown the military offensive, they are claiming victorye first major city they claim to have taken from kurdish fighters, 5 miles across the border they are continuing with air strikes and artillery as well. the turkish government says this is a fight against terrorism and they say their goal is to create a 20 mile buffer zone out of syria. as far as the death toll goes it is unclear about fighters on both sides but as far as civilians go, roughly 20 on each side. there us sanctions but no sanctions yet. turkish artillery shells landed near a position, no injuries, turkish officials say they were not intentionally targeting us forces in syria. neil: steve harrigan following that closely, the president says it is time to stop sacrificing us servicemen in syria, someone who agrees with the president on that. nsurance, we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. even a- (ernie) lost rubber duckie? (burke) you mean this one? (ernie) rubber duckie! (cookie) what about a broken cookie jar? (burke) again, cookie? (cookie) yeah. me b

steve harrigan is live in northeastern syria again for us this morning. >> the battlefield here has once again gotten a little more crowded in the past 24 hours. we're seeing syrian government forces enter the fray as well as russian troops. the russian forces are in between syrian forces and turkish forces acting as a mediator patrolling in between the two sides trying to fill the vacuum left by u.s. forces. two new players on the scene here in a very complicated battle structure. as you mentioned, president trump going all out to try and find a cease-fire here. calling president erdogan of turkey, invoking financial sanctions as well as dispatching vice president pence here to turkey in the near future. a real effort there that has not borne fruit yet. turkish military offensive still going strong. created 160,000 people on the run. about half of those people are children and many of those families say they simply have nothing at this point. aid agencies can't reach them. here is one. >> there is no place and it has been four days since we've bathed our

elizabeth: right to fox news steve harrigan in syria with latest on the fighting there. reporter: what began as military operation is now evolved to something bigger more dangerous, a war between turkey and syria. a country backed by russia. kurdish officials wasted little time in find a new partner after withdrawal of u.s. forces, which they describe add a stab? the back. syrian government troops under aadassadreached frontlines, a we sight to many on the ground. fighting is brutal, arab militia backed by turkey have been accused of atrocities, pulling a political female leader from her car, shooting her in the head. and a convoy with armed men, civilians and journalists was bombed on front line, killing 9. and dozens of civilians, kill by mortar shells, there is a raining here among civilians that no one is doing anything to save them. >> where are the united nations? let them come to see the blood of our children on the floor. why don't they show up? our children are gone. our girls are gone. our descren strength is gone. reporter: several world leader warn it could l

biden and barack obama, with chris murphy and more, bring in steve yates, your reaction to what steve harriganust reported, how does this match up and square with what democrats said, no never-ending present by u.s. troops in middle east. >> clearly, the developments there are concerning. but it has never been an easy and clear place too operate. the kurds themselves exist across 3 different country, we have conflicts with lots of refugees. so the tale of woe in this trouble area goes back at least over the last 10 years, if not longer. and so, it is really a combination of really bad options, but for now, it is head spinning to listen to people talk about denigrating the alliance nato and one of its members turkey, and highlighting need to stay in this war zone, when its mission was to degrade isis, that seemed to have been accomplished. reasonable to pullback and let others surge in, it will never be easy to pull that transition off. elizabeth: there is a report that there may be up to 50 u.s. nuclear warheads in turkey? the reports come in they could be held hostage by president erdogan, yo

fox news reporting live from syria, steve harrigan live from northeastern syria where it's now 10:00 p.m. >> just five days ago this was a military operation by turkey against what it called terrorists. now it really has the potential to grow into something much wider and much more deadly. the syrian government has now, they have now pulled back and the kurds are saying the u.s. stab it in the back. as far as turkish president air to erdogan, he says nothing will stop him from his mission of destroying every last terrorist. translatoat >> translator: turks taken a vital step since the cyprus peace operation. without paying minded to pressure or threats we have mind to take our operation to the very end. >> so what we could be looking at down the road is a major battle between the nato nation turkey and the syrian government backed by russia. >> trace: steve, we are hearing these reports of atrocities, do you know how accurate these reports might be? >> it's hard to confirm video in the field but certainly some disturbing images coming out often filmed by the shooters themselves. accu

steve harrigan has more from iraq on the role those troops will play. >> reporter: several hundred u.s. troops may remain in syria for now to help prevent the assad regime or russian forces from taking control of syrian oil fields. defense secretary mark esper made the announcement monday work with the spf to deny access to the oil fields by isis and donald trump's approval. the president ordered the removal of all u.s. troops from syria earlier this ter troops continued the offensive against kurdish forces in northern syria. u.s. troops were spotted monday morning retreating from syria and were met by kurdish protesters. some were shouting on throwing potatoes at american military vehicles. many are angry over what they call a betrayal by president donald trump, saying they will be slaughtered by turkish forces once the u.s. troops are gone. top kurdish general spoke with fox news on sunday calling on president donald trump to leave u.s. troops in syria, saying turkey has violated the cease-fire agreement negotiated by vice president mike pence week. >> to fulfill the promises to syri

steve harrigan is live in iraq with the latest. steve. >> reporter: that's right, arthel, turkey saying it captured a major city inside the border, across the border into syria, as well as several key highways. there's been no let-up in this four-day assault that turkey is calling an a operation against terrorism. turkish war planes continue to attack and the shelling continues as well. the goal, turkish officials say is to go 20 miles deep in syria, to create a safety area free from kurdish fighters. it's hard to get an accurate death toll from either side as to the number of fighters killed but both sides admit civilians have been killed on each side of the border, roughly 50 in total. as far as the situation for those civilians, those who can are leaving the fighting area as quickly and chaotically as possible, getting onto whatever vehicle possible, carrying whatever they can. you see families scrambling. the u.n. saying as many as 100,000 people are on the move, trying to get away from the fighting. international criticism of t

steve harrigan is in northern syria where they will continue fighting groups they believe to be terrorist. >> reporter: as turkish forks is forces continue their fight, president trump is defending their decision to remove u.s. forces from the region. >> why are we protecting syria's land? and syria also has a relationship with the kurds who by the way are >> critics say the troop pullout abandons the kurds who were u.s. allies in fighting isis. the mac that is unfair, dangerous and quite frankly dishonorable for us to abandon the kurds. >> it puts our allies in jeopardy and it makes people wonder in the future why they would want to align with the united states. >> reporter: mike pence and mike pompeo are heading to push for a cease-fire after president trump ordered sanctions on turkey earlier this week. >> they are a member of nato. we have security interest connected to turkey. our goal isn't to break the relationship. it is to deny turkey the capacity to continue to engage in this behavior. >> lawmakers continue to introduce lawmakers sanctions in turkey on thursday. despite the pres

eric: live coverage from it, mark meredith has the latest from washington, but steve harrigan is live in erbil, iraq. steve? >> reporter: eric, there is still some sporadic fighting going on between the two sides, syrian forces on one side, the turkish "forbes"s on the other -- forces on the other. you can see smoke rising from the sky in some up toes along the border, but for the most part the u.s. defense secretary says this ceasefire is for the most part holding. he says for the most part it is working. he also gave some news about the u.s. forces in syria, anywhere from 700-1,000 u.s. forces being withdrawn from syria will likely be moved to western iraq. it's there they will continue to monitor the islamic state. the defense secretary's not ruling out any cross-border raids against the islamic state. of course, one of the real concerns not just in the u.s., but around the world was the u.s. withdrawal could lead to a resurgence of the islamic state. the defense secretary trying to put some of those concerns at rest. in the mean time, you mentioned the ceasefire scheduled to expir

steve harrigan is in northeastern syria tonight. >> when turkey began its military operation eight daysgo, it was against the kurds, a modern professional military versus a skilled militia, but one with no air power. with the entry of the syrian government and its ally russia, power has shifted dramatically. russia polices strategic cities, syrian government forces have seized more than 400 square miles of territory and the fight for some key towns has swung back and forth between each si side. >> as you can see, this is the turkish flag. we captured this and it escaped and left behind their stuff. the gangsters of erdogan, we have a righteous cause that we are defending our land and no one can invade our land. >> president erdogan said he would not meet with u.s. vice president mike pence on thursday, now he is. he said there would be no cease-fire, that too could change. >> our proposals are for the terrorists to lay down their arms, their equipment, everything. destroy the traps they have created. >> vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo will bring a simple mes

steve mayor began is on the -- steve harrigan is on the ground? northeastern syria.t turkey calls terrorists has evolved into a war between turkey and syria, a country backed by russia. syria wasted no time finding a new partner. syrian troops reached the front lines within hours of the deal. a welcome sight to many kurds on the ground. >> thank god for the return of the syrian arab army. the arab militia backed by turkey has been accused of atrocity. a convoy containing armed men, civilians and journalists was bombed near the front lines, killing nine. dozens of civilians on both sides of the border have been killed by mortar shells. there is a rage among civilians that nobody is doing anything to save them. >> where is the united nations. let them come to see the blood of our children on the floor. why don't they show up? reporter: several world leaders warned the conflict could lead to a resurgence of the islam tick state. turn ski has been housing refugees. civilians are looking for an escape. more than 130,000 people are on the move trying to get away from the f

steve harrigan is in irbil, iraq, with more. steve?> reporter: arthel, despite warnings from the u.s., despite widespread international criticism, turkey is going ahead with its military operation really full steam ahead. we saw more war planes in action today as well as more shelling. you can see plumes of smoke rising from some of those villages and cities just across the border in syria. turkey says this is an anti-terror operation. they say their goal is to push 20 miles deep into syria to create a safe zone with no kurdish fighters inside that zone. it's not clear what the death toll has been so far. both sides tend to exaggerate the number of soldiers on the other side killed, but it is clear there have been civilian casualties on both sides, roughly 50. about 25 or so on each side of the border. that's just up until now. also visible chaos as people trying to get away from the explosions, from the fighting. you have families just packing up everything they can carry into trucks, buses, motorcycles, carts just trying to head sout

steve harrigan is in northeastern syria tonight. >> began as a military operation against what turkeyalls terrorists is now evolved into something much bigger and much more dangerous, a war between turkey, a nato member, and syria, a country backed by russia. kurdish officials wasted little time finding a new partner after the withdrawal of us forces which they described as a stab in the back. syrian government troops under bashar assad reached the front lines within hours of the deals a welcome sight to many kurds on the ground. >> thank god for the return of the syrian arab army. >> the fighting is brutal. arab militia backed by turkey have been accused of atrocities, executing kurdish prisoners on the battlefield, pulling a female kurdish political leader from her car and shooting her in the head. a convoy containing armed men, civilians and journalists near the front line was bombed killing 9. dozens of civilians on both sides of the border have been killed by mortar shells exploding into homes. there is a rage here among civilians that no one is doing anything to save them. >> wh

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steve harrigan in iraq on where things stand and jennifer griffin at the pentagon on what the options we have our right now. we begin with steve. >> there were real concerns an hour ago when the u.s. brokered cease-fire was scheduled to end. there could be more fighting. this military offensive by turkey has created more than 170,000 displaced people. these are families mainly kurdish on the move trying to run from the fighting. talents that became ghost towns in the last several hours. people trying to get away from what they thought could be a renewed turkish offensive. that's not happening right now. it might not happen at all. in part due to the agreement between russia and turkey. here's the turkish president. >> translator: both countries will adopt precautions against a leakage of terrorists and a joint mechanism will be established for the observation of the memorandum and its ordination. >> we are going to see in about six days' time our joint patrols with the russian government forces and the syrian government forces under assad working together and patrolling the buffer zon

steve harrigan is and iraq with all the latest. reporter: the u.s.withdrawal early this morning for the 100 military vehicles all in iraq and some bitter scenes of parting captured on camera as the u.s. forces were pulling out and encourage civilians altered with rocks, potatoes and screams and sways as well. this was a close partnership for five years between u.s. forces and kurdish fighters that caused the islamic's date side-by-side and a lot of kurds dying in a sense of bitterness. the kurdish leader leadership feels like they been betrayed and a lot of fear on the ground people are afraid they could face ethnic cleansing or slaughter. the real question will the cease-fire hold, it expires 3:0w night in turkish foreign minister has warned if all kurds do not get out of the buffer zone inside of syria they will relaunch their military and the numbers we have seen, hundreds of dead on both sides, 200,000 people plus on the move in those numbers could rise unless turkey is satisfied with what the crude fighters have done. >> thank you for the live r

steve harrigan has details on the attempt to convince turkey to stop its incursion into syria. >>> in syrian border town of rossdale heavy fighting between turkey rebels in the curtis militia. turkey vowing to move ahead with its military offensive in northern syria. the president saying the only way the incursion will end is of kurdish fighters withdrawal. >> in the history of the turkish republic there has been no such thing like sitting at a table and from now on no one should expect something like that for most people were not looking for a mediator or anything. >>> vice president pence is due to travel to anchorage for a cease-fire. this week president donald trump ordered the pullout of u.s. troops in the region and financial penalties on turkey. >> we want to bring our soldiers back home and we are being very tough on turkey and a lot of others. we have to maintain their own properties now and maintain peace and safety. something congress are pushing for even tougher sanctions. >> turkey has legitimate concerns about their security along the syrian border and those concerns can

steve harrigan, fox news. >>> the older brother of house speaker nancy pelosi who was also a former baltimore mayor died today. thomas d'alessandro, iii was 90 years old. he died due to complications from a stroke his family said. in a statement pelosi said her brother was, "the finest public servant i have ever known." d'alessandro worked as an attorney after he left city hall and leaves behind a wife, five children asevel grandchildren. >>> new information tonight on a training accident that killed three soldiers at an army post in georgia early today, u.s. army officials say the armored vehicle they were in flipped over into water. the accident happened at about stewar is morning at ft. three other soldiers were injured and sent to the hospital. two have been released. the third soldier is expected to survive. >>> the chp is continuing to investigate a rollover crash in san jose that killed three women and sent four others to the hospital. the single vehicle wreck happened 11:00 last night on nortound highway 101 south of bernal avenue. the chp says the chevy tahoe suv crashed in the cente

steve harrigan is following this. >> the cease-fire agreement signed between mike pence and turkish presidentogan got off to a rocky start friday and today with some violence, some shelling and small arms fire, each side, the turkish military and kurdish fighters blaming the other for violations of that cease-fire, turkey said they want a huge buffer zone all along the border with syria. 270 miles long, they want now kurdish fighters in the buffer zone or they threaten to restart the military offensive tuesday. with us forces withdrawing russia has become a major player in negotiations, turkish president erdogan goes to russia tuesday to negotiate with vladimir putin. neil: lawmakers are questioning the president's handling of tensions in turkey. ben cardin on that right now. where do you think this is going? there has been bipartisan bashing of the president but he claims the cease-fire is working fine. >> he was the one who gave a green light to turkey for its offensive and now he says he is responsible for solving the problem. people have been killed, we have abandoned our most reliable al

we heard steve harrigan's report. and a lot are pushing back on the president's decision to withdraw the troops, cease-fire not working at this time. there were still signs of violence to some extent. among the loudest critics were republican critics. mitch mcconnell wrote a scathing op-ed. unless halted, our retreat will invite the assad backers, and the russia's increasingly dominant presence in the middle east and beyond. beyond the reports of the suffering of the people there, that people are being killed, there's this area that may well be filled by people we do know the want to be taking over politically. >> we see it now and you saw a bipartisan vote in the house of representatives this week and a lot of us are very worried about, you know, the fact that we abandoned our allies, the kurds fighting side by side with our men and women in uniform and that picture of russians rolling into our special operators base that our forces had been in just 24 hours earlier, you know, that-- discouraging, not just our troops