and syria i do not believe that the syrian arab army has the power in order to challenge the turkish armed forces in this area the turkish armed forces has conducted 3 operations one of them is the euphrates shield and the 2nd one is the audio branch operation and the 3rd one is the peace fountains operation which is going on now of these 3 operations the turkish armed forces and the turkish republic conducted these operations because the story of the regime and sort of government is not it's a failed state and the turkish government conduct that the euphrates shield against their eisel militants nearby it is borders and also conducting these operations to the vibe egypt terrorist organization why b.g. is considered as a terrorist group because of the turkish foreign policy and international threat saw if regime has a power it should all over the comptroller all those areas before the turkish armed forces come here saw the turkish government did not need to conduct an military operation in those areas but let's not forget the absolute basics of this that the turkish forces have crossed the border

turkish armed forces say the strikes aren't aimed at civilian areas. but despite the assurances many local residents took to the roads to bring their families to safety. kurdish forces here are once part of an uneasy coalition with turkey with both sides working to defeat the so-called islamic state in syria however on camera has branded the kurdish led forces terrorists because of their links to militants who have carried out attacks against the turkish government. in a tweet turkish president. said his armed forces intended to neutralize the terrorist threats against turkey and set up a safe zone allowing the return of syrian refugees to their homes. the kurdish spokesman called on the international community to pressure turkey to stop the bombing saying the syrian democratic forces would be forced to halt their campaign against i.a.s. to deal with the turkish threat many of turkey's allies also warned the military campaign could rekindle the fire in syria's civil war it is important to avoid actions that may further these stabilize the region escala

announced as you mentioned by president add on was at the same time the chief commander of the turkish armed forces he did not do that as usual in a televised speech but he did do it on on twitter which was interesting to me and we got news now that turkish warplanes have hit targets in north and syria targets what p.g. targets targets of syrian kurdish fighters there ammunition depots sniper positions that's according to turkish officials turkish officials also very keen on emphasizing that this so peroration follows the standards of the international law but there is of course some very different information and news coming there from the kurdish side that they are accusing the turkish military of hitting civilian areas they have they are saying that has caused a huge panic in the city of tel of yet for example it has about 20000 people who live there and they're saying people are trying to escape and seek shelter and they are also reporting the 1st civilian casualties that this is very difficult for us to independently verify but this is what this conflict is about very conflicting information a

door and bring peace to the region prison edwin off role is the commander in chief of the turkish armed forces so it was expected that it would be him to officially announce the beginning of this offensive there are also reports that turkish warplanes have started carrying out air strikes in the north and syria this has also been confirmed by turkish officials now so so this offensive has officially soffit now this is the latest here from turkey so it's very early days in this offensive things halle's on are down very scarce sort of fog but how it has the the lead up to this offensive being looked at in turkey however have the media there been covering it. well let me let me add one more detail actually because that's also coming in the kurdish side of the kurdish fighters then within syria also reporting airstrikes and they're saying as one quote that there's a huge panic among people so the situation there must be right now very messy and very complicated aid organizations have been warning about up to 200000 people that could be displaced by a turkish military assault immediately displays a

tense also the kurdish forces there have invited the syrian regime to help them fend off this turkish military assault we have a new front line there now between the turkish armed forces and syrian government forces and russia has moved in military police to patrol this front line now all of this happened in the space of just a few days the u.s. forces that in monday which have withdrawn and now it's russia washington's a biggest adversary and bashar assad's most powerful ally in the words deadliest ongoing war who is filling the void now further towards this direction clashes fighting is ongoing the turkish military continues to at sac kertesz that targets there in the syrian towns of wrestle ein and to tell of yet now all of this one week off to turkey sausage its military operation in northeast syria ok now the americans have launched a diplomatic initiative u.s. vice president pence set to meet with the turkish president. is there a chance he could get air to one to back a cease fire and stop the fighting. well so far all threats all sanctions embargoes that were imposed didn't have much on and much of an effect on the turkish economy or on that the turkish

i can't turkish armed forces crossed the border into syria with the mison in essence of wiping out the ypg, the syrian kurds. right now, it appears we don't know where this envision is going to end up. does the u.s. take responsibility for whatever the outcome is because the u.s. ha given turkey a green light? >> yeah, wel that's just false. the united states fadn't give turkey a green light. >> woodruff: president trump spoke with presiden erdogan and, after the call, the president said that turkey would moving in, u.s. forces were withdrawn from the ar. so there was a change in u.s. policy, one you had supported. to the y.p.g., the syrianh lose kurdlies that helped in the fight against i.s.i.s. >> remember the mission, judy. the mission was that when we came intore office, tere people being beheaded, people being burned, people in cages. president trump made the decision that we would begin a campaign that would take down the caliphate.su we'vceeded in that. on the phone call sunday night, it became very clear that there were american soldiers that were going to be at risk and the pr

the turkish armed forces and the turkish republic conducted these operations because the syrian regime and syrian government is not it's a failed state and the turkish government conduct that the you played shield against the i saw militants nearby it is borders and also conducting these operations to the viper terrorist organization why b.g. is considered as a terrorist group because of the turkish foreign policy and international threats turkey insists it is involved in an anti-terrorism operation and not engaged in a war in the words of the turkish president a war is between states that could be a message to those who warned of the risk of possible confrontation with the syrian government turkish officials have repeatedly stressed this is an anti-terrorism operation that is being carried out in line with international law the u.s. administration did say one of the reasons why it decided to withdraw its troops was that it didn't want them caught between 2 opposing armies but russia stands in the middle the main power broker in the syrian conflict backs damascus but it needs ankara as

panic amongst the people before the strikes president announced the offensive into tweets the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring against the p.k. k y p g and terrorists in northern syria our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across the southern border and to bring peace to the area operation peace spring will neutralize terrorist threats against turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone facilitating the return of syrian refugees to their homes we will preserve syria's territorial integrity and liberate local communities from terrorists. let's bring in your. foreign policy spokesman for the conservative party is in the german parliament we just heard in that tweet that he says it is preserving its country's territorial integrity does it have the right to do that in this way we have huge concerns concerning that military operation every military operation because the reason risk of a new escalation military escalation in the region and this might poison all my tom the peace process of the small about growin

assad's forces had withdrawn from the area and now they are returning and they are facing the turkish armed forces that along a new front line and this is essentially a victory for bashar al assad and his most powerful ally russia because it means they're gaining a foothold in an area that was beyond their control for many years ok now to contain the situation where you are the united states has imposed sanctions vice president on his way to the region can this type of american pressure president. the troops. well it's definitely a lot of pressure but president seems to be determined to go a have without this so peroration no matter what but it's safe to assume that any kind of sanctions there from the u.s. will further head an already weak turkish economy an economy that has not fully recovered yet from last year's currency crisis now trump raised to terrorism steal back up to $0.50 something he did last year already to press for the release of a u.s. pastor in detention here in turkey he also suspend the talks on a tech u.s. trade deal worth $100000000000.00 u.s. dollars and he imposed sanctions

confronting the president of unannounced the offensive into tweets before the strikes the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring against the p.k. k y p g and diet. straight to turkey that day w correspondent dorian jones joins us from istanbul welcome dorian as a tell us more about the turkish military operation. well there has been this ongoing bombardment from the air within hours of the announcement of the operation jets have been relentlessly pounding towns across the syrian border here at least 4 possibly 5 towns have been struck took issue tillery 2 have been bombarding the area along with mortar fire there have been some reports that the syrian kurdish forces have retaliated using small fire and mortars attacking nearby turkish border towns and this is just the very beginning of what is seen the turkish forces are laying the ground for a major ground offensive possibly they can start at night in the early hours of the morning part of a very major operation that turkey has been planning for many months i what are you hearing from

door and bring peace to the region of prison and on off role is the commander in chief of the turkish armed forces so it was expected that it would be him to officially announce the beginning of this offensive they also reports that turkish warplanes have started carrying out air strikes in the north and syria this has also been confirmed by turkish officials now so so this offensive has officially sausage now this is the latest here from turkey so it's very early days of this offensive details on a very scarce so far but how it has the the lead up to this offensive being looked at in turkey however have the media there been covering it. well let me let me add one more detail actually because that's also coming in the kurdish side of the kurdish fighters then within syria also reporting air strikes and they're saying as one quote that there's a huge panic among people so the situation there must be right now very messy and very complicated aid organizations have been warning about up to 200000 people that could be displaced by a turkish military assault immediately displays and the kurdish fighter

the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring against the p.k. k y p g and terrorists in northern syria our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across the southern border and to bring peace to the area operation peace spring will neutralize terrorist threats against turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone facilitating the return of syrian refugees to their homes we will preserve syria's territorial integrity and liberate local communities from terrorists are let's take the story now to turkey our correspondent dorian jones is standing by in istanbul good evening to you dorian what kind of operation are we looking at here dorian we just saw in that tweet from richard the goal here is to neutralize terrorist threats but is he talking about the terrorists being the kurds or is he talking about the terrorists being the isis prisoners that are in the area . you speak to touch officials they'll say it's both but let's be clear the primary optics of this operation is to drive back the syrian kurdish milit

file a bar there is an international security and defense analyst and a former colonel in the turkish armed forces he says ankara was led down by the international community in dealing with the syrian crisis of course but is the international community is seeing is very important but that may take a look at for example to the situation and position of the european union turkey of course and give or object to the european union in order to fight against isis and so far more european country came to how turkey on the ground to fight against isis and mr trump says that take your prisoners your citizens inside the eyes they don't update fight they are not fighting take that they are not taking economically and demographically socially turkey shouldn't take all the responsibility of the syrian crisis that president insistently saying is that their real or nurse who is living inside turkey or member of the lobby up be turned back their homelands. at least 5 people have been killed in the latest government demonstrations in guinea one policeman and 4 protesters a heavy police presence limited the number

and yes, they are now confronting turkish armed forces as well, but turkish armed forces are not alone as well. do we have any idea of the scale of this? how many turkish troops are involved, or at least on the border? there are actually more questions than answers now. because we also get bits and pieces of information from the defence ministry. now we don't have an exact number of troops, or to what extent, and how far they will 90, what extent, and how far they will go, but this will definitely determine what the future of this scale of this incursion will be. and whatever its scale, this is a high—profile significant military operation that president erdo an has ordered. does he have public support behind him? while there are some question marks. public opinion is a divided split. some believe that there is not an imminent threat to tu rkey‘s there is not an imminent threat to turkey's national security, and it was really needed. on the other hand, tricky‘s fighting the kurdish militants in its own country since 20... it is divided. but on the other hand, turkey is tired. people in

changer not only because we still have a risk of a military confrontation here between the turkish armed forces and syrian government forces but also now off to the americans have left is basically assad and his most powerful ally russia trying to fill the void so as we speak the map of northern syria is being redrawn and this will have massive consequences for this whole war at the same time mike pence and michael peo they are visiting today to push for one so what are their chances of convincing him. well i think the chances are slim that mike pence and his team will convince president add one to a back down unless they have more precious they can apply here i mean we've seen the sanctions that were imposed earlier this week they haven't had much of an effect on the turkish economy or in president ad one who is really convinced to go out with this offensive who says he will never ever agree to a cease fire and sit down and negotiate with what he calls a terrorist the kurdish fighters on the other side of the border now the real question is how much of an influence does washington still have o

the turkish armed forces and the turkish republic conducted these operations because the syrian regime and syrian government is not there it's a failed state and the turkish government contact that the you played shield against the i saw militants nearby it is borders and also conducting these operations to the viper terrorist organization why b.g. is considered as a terrorist group because of the turkish foreign policy and international threats turkey insists it is involved in an anti-terrorism operation and not engaged in a war in the words of the turkish president a war is between states that could be a message to those who warned of the risk of possible confrontation with the syrian government turkish officials have repeatedly stressed this is an anti-terrorism operation that is being carried out in line with international law the u.s. administration did say one of the reasons why it decided to withdraw its troops was that it didn't want them caught between 2 opposing armies but russia stands in the middle the main power broker in the syrian conflict backs damascus but it needs ank

the turkish armed forces and the turkish republic conducted these operations because the syrian regimeand syrian government is not it's a failed state and the turkish government conduct that the you play against the i saw militants nearby it is borders and also conducting these operations to be terrorist organization why b.g. is considered as a terrorist group because of the turkish foreign policy and international threats to turkey insists it is involved in an anti-terrorism operation and not engaged in a war in the words of the turkish president a war is between states that could be a message to those who warn of the risk of possible confrontation with the syrian government turkish officials have repeatedly stressed this is an anti-terrorism operation that is being carried out in line with international law the u.s. administration did say one of the reasons why it decided to withdraw its troops was that it didn't want them caught between 2 opposing armies but russia stands in the middle the main power broker in the syrian conflict backs damascus but it needs ankara as it pursues a po

himself he just returned from a foreign trip today and he's also the commander in chief of the turkish armed forces the turkish government also says it would inform all relevant countries including the syrian regime bashar al assad about this oh peroration so this might also have an impact on the time frame and how is this in an offensive being looked at inside turkey how the media covering it. what broadcast and print media here are dominated by pro-government outlets and their reporting has been very supportive of this so peroration patrie or take even nationalist i've brought you one example here that's a daily newspaper and they have line says the turkish nation stands united wholeheartedly behind the turkish army and it goes on saying that women and men young and old are sending a message to the work that they will fight the terrorism threat once and for all but not all outlets are overwhelmingly pro-government there is another one i've brought you this some more critical newspaper and their headline says at the end of the road there is talk now as they are not openly criticizing this operatio

under control of the turkish armed forces but i feel. the next few would be 1st to give us a clear picture on what the humanitarian impact is and then also to materialize and to see what are do you have a news with which on which we could have access but this is certainly our determination to continue the work we have done in the past and we hope that all the parties involved with or for access is and as we know the situation is as complex as ever in the north east and north west of syria now i heard you say in one interview that what distinguishes the syrian war is the sheer scale of destruction which will make life difficult for people for years to come when the white house still it is hopefully sees what do you make them of this very open very deliberate sabotaging of the iraq instruction operated by western governments and the tying of international record structure of funds just specific political outcomes do you think it's fair well you know the debate on the reconstruction riches has been forth in the open and which is basically a

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community should be less concerned with amberleigh pulling out and focus instead on expelling turkish armed forces from the north of the island. it would it would be one of the 3. i ate some among the. conservationists use hidden cameras to capture footage of illegal bird trappers the poachers are willing to risk being caught because they can earn so much money with the songbirds up to 10 year old per bird on the black market but the activists are determined every morning members of the organization birdlife cypress go out on patrol they need to be vigilant attacks on conservationists by poachers are not uncommon that's why they want to remain anonymous through. they're looking for evidence of trap or activity it's rare that they manage to rescue birds they're caught not only with missed nets but also with lime sticks so their deaths are often agonizing. these days the poachers are part of organized criminal networks. with other crimes like prostitution and racketeering and. you know all these drugs and stuff so yeah it can be quite intimidating for local law enforcement but still i don't think en

and over again now this is has finally happened and here's how president talked about it the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring again speaking in y p g dish terrorists in northern syria our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across our southern border and to bring peace to the area well so far we know about 2 towns that the airstrikes have been launched against this is the russell and teller towns and again it is not a coincidence that as peaky came the y.p. g kurdish military groups in the same sentence in the same context. sure islamic state these groups are designated terrorists so that's why it portrays the operation the way does now what kind of reaction have we seen from the kurds about that well obviously they're not happy about being branded as terrorists and they're saying the whole operation is a disaster there is saying that civilians are being targeted and found that people in panic that people in those cities are in panic here is the official statement by the as d f let's get. ready to confront and res

great deal of controversy on both sides of the atlantic and of course in the middle east the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army have launched as we just said operation piece spring against the p.k. in the why p.g. and dash or eisel terrorists as they are known in northern syria quoted they are saying that our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor or across our southern border and to bring peace to the area operation peace spring will neutralize terror threats against turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone facilitating the return of syrian refugees to their homes we will preserve syria's territorial integrity and liberate local communities from terrorists simcoe sulu's our correspondent in istanbul just bring us up to speed sin em on what we know so far if information is coming out we see that the local channel certainly there in turkey are able to give detail as to where the target areas are in that northern syrian belt. the initial targets for the turkish military have been wrestling and tell of the at. has been hit by a turkish f. 16 just

the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring against the p.k. k y p g and terrorists in northern syria our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor across the southern border and to bring peace to the area operation peace spring will neutralize terrorist threats against turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone facilitating the return of syrian refugees to their homes we will preserve syria let's go to turkey than and join the data because fun and. welcome at tell us more about the turkish operation. well the turkish military operation is now underway it's tosses at 4 pm local time and it was announced on twitter by president edwin himself that was to be expected he is also the chief commander of the turkish all md forces and now we're getting news confirmed by turkish officials that to he has hit targets within syria white p.g. targets these are the kurdish militants turkey seeks to i quote destroy in northen syria according to turkish officials they've been hitting the pows bases sniper positions of th

the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched operation peace spring against p k k y p g and terrorists in northern syria mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor all across our southern border and to bring peace to the area from the arrest the lane from here i can see turkish fighter jets flying behind my back i just got an urgent message that the eastern part of the town of commish lee was attacked the 3 meter shells launched by took a short of full and here near us locals are very concerned about what's happening it's quite possible that civilians will start. leaving this area it is expected that thousands or maybe even hundreds of thousands of civilians may flee so the operation by turkey has indeed begun but no concrete action is being taken by the international coalition or syrian democratic forces. the video shows thousands of locals fleeing the area following the launch of the turkish operation syrian democratic forces say that 5 civilians have been killed in the offensive earlier it also accused ankara of deliberately targeting

turkish. armed forces for after with care. we are i in a different realalm of diplomacy now i'll be just a completely i'm i'm wondering how people in turkey might react to all of f this. well i think the n nationanalist parts of the population n i'm n. close to halt the popupulation. they wouould tend to susupport h an oraration they will l tend to believe president trump is sayingox okay all the halls of the population. how t they view what happenens depends very much on how the codes find back if the codes for instancee fire rockets into southern turkish towns killing and wounding stability. then the public at large will see the codes a as terrorists. and they will think the turkey's operation is legit. however thehe syrian kurds s cos find o out fine two million thre targets within syria. thenn as turkish soldiers come back in body bags people will question this operation. look at the border today it's been quiet for the past two years. and your rules will say what is the point of causing. mayhem when that was he spoke for.

the turkish armed forces and the turkish republic conduct of these operations because the syrian regime and syrian government is not that it's a failed state and the turkish government conduct that the you for a chill against the i saw militants nearby it is borders also conducting these operations to the viper terrorist organization why b.g. is considered as a terrorist group because of the turkish foreign policy and international threats turkey insists it is involved in an anti-terrorism operation and not engaged in a war in the words of the turkish president a war is between states that could be a message to those who warned of the risk of possible confrontation with the syrian government turkish officials have repeatedly stressed this is an anti-terrorism operation that is being carried out in line with international law the u.s. administration did say one of the reasons why it decided to withdraw its troops was that it didn't want them caught between 2 opposing armies but russia stands in the middle the main power broker in the syrian conflict backs damascus but it needs ankara as

there were questions raised about whether the investment arm of the turkish armed forces should be allowedw today the official receiver and the government has said that from tomorrow they are going to be open tomorrow they are going to be open to talks with other companies who might be interested in buying the business here. the positive way of looking at that is, maybe it is a last—minute negotiating tactic just to get ataer over the line and get them to sign a deal by tomorrow but thatis them to sign a deal by tomorrow but that is certainly not a given in a situation and timeframe where people here were hoping the company would be signed, sealed and delivered. a man accused of murdering teenager jodie chesney has denied the charge. svenson ong—a—kwie said his polo accused was responsible. four youths have been charged. jodie chesney was in the wrong place at the wrong time. she was stabbed in the back as she sat in this park with friends on friday night. the four youths charged of her murder had disputed the motive and who was responsible. svenson ong—a—kwie denied having issues with oth

announced that the offensive into north eastern syria has begun a short time he tweeted the turkish armed forces together with the syrian national army just launched hash tag operation peace spring against the p.k. k. and the y p g and terrorists in northern syria dash being of course i saw our mission is to prevent the creation of a terror corridor or across our southern border and to bring peace to the area operation peace spring will neutralize terror threats against turkey and lead to the establishment of a safe zone facilitating the return of syrian refugees to their homes we will preserve syria's territorial integrity and liberate local communities from terrorists let's cross over back to a stumble into sin new consumer sit in for our audience that are just joining us let's just focus on who these terrorists are as defined by the turks and as far as your concerned where do we know exactly where this operation is beginning. what turkey calls as a terrorist group our 1st tip is why puji the syrian kurdish fighters group which turkey believes is the syrian branch of the outbuild kurdistan wor

the united states has accepted what he calls the importance of functionality and added that turkish armed forcesrol such a zone under the agreement reached with the united states. trump'sresident appointees is stepping down. they notified the president today that he will be soon leaving the post. he has come under scrutiny over his discussions with ukraine. it is not clear when he will be resigning. mitch mcconnell open the chamber by praising elijah cummings as a living legend with friends and admirers all over the political spectrum. overnight after complications from long-running health problems. >> by all accounts, he was a powerful voice on the national stage and a strong advocate for his neighbors and his values. close friends and admirers all across the political spectrum. the cap on will lower its flags to mark the significant loss and remember a life lived well. house flag was lowered to half staff and present trump, who sparred with him, saying i got to see firsthand the strength, passion, and wisdom of this highly respected leader. for johnson says he is confident that the death boris

a deep dive into erdogan's personal finances, and we are issuing the sanctions against the turkish armed forces and i find it outrageous that f-16s designed by the united states are being used to bomb a good ally. we are going to sanction the hawk bank which is involved in some very nefarious activity trying to get around iranian sanction, and we are considering the purchase of the s-400 the russian missile system to be a significant event mandating katsa sanctions to be imposed within 30 days and prohibit u.s. military assistance and prohibit any u.s. person from purchasing sovereign debt from the government of turkey. these are wide ranging and hard hitting and i will turn it over to senator van hollen with one thought. the turkish/u.s. relationship is worth salvaging, but it cannot be salvaged until erdogan changes course. they are a nato ally and i find it incredible that a nato ally is going to be attacking the ground component most significantly responsible for the destruction of isis, and so to the average american what does this matter to you? i think that it matters a lot that isis can

stage is how many of those are being held in facilities that are within the area that the turkish armed forces will be going into. and its main target has been the kurdish white pg forces. and, what can they tell us in the invasion that's happening now, and the status of civilians in that area. >> this is developing as we speak. about six hours ago, when there were sounds of explosions, and since then we have learned about strikes in several other towns, one of them about 20 miles inside of syria and to others in the extremes. the artillery strikes and the air strikes are happening against several targets, for many years now, the united states has held up these kurdish fighters, and these are the best partners on the ground. it was those kurdish fighters, and that is the leader's reaction to being abandoned by the united states. >> there's a lot of anger, they described this as betrayal and describe business as a stab in the back. and this turkish offensive which is taking place today has come despite long warnings from turkey. in effect it has come very, very quickly so it's very dramatic and

there was an agreement that the turkish armed forces will control this area. the why pg, heavy weapons will be collected, this is not a cease-fire. mitt romney ripped the cease-fire calling the decision to pull the troops in syria, quote, a bloodstain in the annals of american history. the man who negotiated deal on behalf of the president of turkey stood by. >> the president's critics say why did you have to do this deal at all. it was your actions that precipitated this mess. >> i don't accept that. donald trump was elected on a commitment to end endless wars, we were bringing our troops out. it was president erdogan who made the decision to bring his military into syria. >> reporter: there's and all that edge in the middle east that every breakthrough is preceded by a crisis but not every crisis precedes a breakthrough. we will soon find out which one this is. shannon: thank you for being up early with us, late there, really here. texas is not in play in 2020 despite democrats saying they face in rows, thousands are making progress to turn the state from re

he sang, we got what we wanted to, it was an agreement that the turkish armed forces will contrl the area. and the heavy weapons will be collected, this is not a cease-fire. mitt romney ripped the cease-fire calling it a decision to pull back troop called an "all bloodstained in the annals of american history" but the man who initiated the deal stood by it. >> presidents critics said what you have to do the deal at all. it was your actions that precipitated this moment. >> well, i don't accept that. as president trump was selected to end endless wars. we are bringing our troops out. it's president aired a wand that made the decision to make the military into syria. >> you know, there's an old dodge in the middle east, every breakthrough that's preceded bys but not every crisis precedes a breakthrough. we will soon find out which one this is. >> shannon: thank you for staying up late, i don't know if you got a now, but thank you for being up early there. travel safely home. president trump, very confident tonight in texas, and not in play. despite democrats saying that they might have