Minutes. President trump today said he reached out to americas allies for help in syria but when nobody answered the call he turned responsibility over to turkey. Signing an important trade agreement this afternoon, president drums that he is taking steps to ensure that turkey does not initiate a bloodbath. [applause] the event was decide with the trade agreement and it quickly turned to the president s decision to bring troops home. Once we captured isis, i dont want to stay there for the next 40 years. The president defended the move to turn northeastern syria to turkey sank he warned the president not to go after the currents and to protect isis prisoners and their families. I told turkey that if they do anything outside of what we would think is humane, to use the word the second time. We talk about hong kong and this. They could suffer the wrath of an extremely decimated economy and have done it once and i did it with past year. He insists he has support for the withdrawal but several of the colleagues have sharply criticized the move. Last december defense secretary james mattis resigned over a disagreement on pulling troops out. I understand both sides of it. I fully understand both sides of it. I campaigned on the fact that i was going to bring our soldiers home. President trump was also itching to take on the impeachment inquiry. The inquiry is a scam. Democrats sent subpoenas to the office of management seeking documents related to withholding the military aid to ukraine. Sources say the subpoena was sent before any document request was made. The pentagon spokesman saying last with the department proactively issued an internal directive to retain documents related to this issue. As we have stated previously, we are prepared to work with congress and other relevant parties on questions related to the issue of ukrainian aid as appropriate. The white house has yet said a letter saying it will comply with any subpoenas until she calls a vote in the full house to proceed with impeachment. The president singled out nancy pelosi and adam schiff charging that they had advance knowledge of the whistleblower complaint. They met with the whistleblower, they never mention that or talked about that. Nancy pelosi knew all of this stuff. She is as guilty as he has because she knew all of that. They should be looked at very strongly because what they did is unthinkable and what they did to this country is unthinkable. President trump has revealed that the reason he called the ukrainian president was a request from the Energy Secretary rick perry to talk about energy development. He acknowledged he absolutely asked the president several times to make the call, but insist the request was never about joe biden. Not once, as god is my witness. Not once. President trump admitted this impeachment inquiry is making it more difficult for him to do his job and while that statement may have resonated with his supporters and some moderates, keep in mind there is a large contingent of democrats who want to make it impossible for him to do his job. Bret another topic, a lot of legal action today over President Trumps tax returns. This was over a demand from the Manhattan District Attorney to get his hands on eight years of President Trumps tax returns. He had sent a subpoena to the usa which is the president s accounting firm. This morning a Federal District judge in New York County said the president had to hand over the eight years of tax returns, but within a couple of hours the attorney said successfully they filed with the second court of appeals in New York County and got a stay of that order. For the moment therell be no handing over the president s tax returns, dont forget this is only temporary in the case tell us be decided on its merits. Bret thank you. Military officials are complaining privately that they were shocked, completely blindsided by the president s announcement on turkey and syria. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin has that part of the story tonight. Its a deal current and former top military leaders warned the president against, pulling all American Forces away from the border and letting turkish troops fill the void. They surprised us by the white house announced late sunday night after a phone call with the turkish president essentially greenlighted a turkish invasion of syria. We want to bring our troops back home from these endless wars. We are like the police force over there. We are policing. We are not fighting, we are policing. We are not a police force. The news was met with disappointment at the pentagon. Officials say they were blindsided a betrayal of a key ally that helped destroy isis. The u. S. Backed Syrian Democratic forces hope president trampled to do another aboutface on syria like he did months after ordering all u. S. Forces out of the country in december leaving for the resignation of the defense secretary jim mattis. A spokesperson tweeted, people here or an explanation regarding security mechanisms, failure of u. S. To fulfill their commitments. The president responded by sending this warning today, if turkey does anything that i am a great and unmatched wisdom considered to be off limits, i will totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey. Done it before. The pentagon added, turkey would be responsible along with european nations and others for thousands of isis fighters who had been captured and defeated in the campaign led by the United States. The u. S. And Turkish Forces had negotiated a delicate agreement to patrol the area together. Negative agreement is now over a senior official says. Even the president s allies like Mitch Mcconnell criticized him a treat, a precipitous withdrawal of u. S. Forces from syria would only benefit russia, iran, and the assad regime. Only senator rand paul defended the president s decision saying he was fulfilling his promises. The pentagon officials and they have suspended intelligence sharing with turkey with u. S. Drones and they help to determine invasion and slaughter, but have lost the key piece of leverage, u. S. Troops. Im told the night there has been no decision taken to pull out of syria altogether. Bret the isis fighters held there, thats a big question tonight. They are being guarded and now the fear among u. S. Military officials is 10,000 isis fighters and they could be freed. Bret thank you. Coming up in a few minutes we will revisit a recent and every with the turkish president which now looking through the prism of the latest news takes on greater significance about Regional Peace negotiations in syria and the role of the u. S. Military. There is a apparently now a second whistleblower who is claiming to have firsthand knowledge of President Trumps phone call with his counterpart in ukraine and may be more. We are learning new information tonight about what the Inspector General for intelligence knew or did not know concerning that first complaint. Catherine herridge tells us what that all means tonight. Behind closed torrents sources tell fox news that Intelligence Community watchdog Michael Atkinson told lawmakers all he knew about the whistleblowers contact with the staffer adam schiff. He did not know how many times the whistleblower contacted his committee between the president s july 25th phone call with ukrainian leader and august was filed. Republican said he is a conflict because only his team can fill the gaps. The president who is they are attempting to from office on the basis of this impeachment deserves to know what type of contact there was. Democrats had the call with the leader is much more than a process issued. He is putting our National Security at risk by trying to use other governments against american citizens. On twitter the legal team confirmed a second official came forward with direct knowledge of alleged misconduct by the president , the second whistleblower does possess firsthand knowledge of certain information. There is no legal requirement for any whistleblower to have such knowledge. Not only requires a reasonable belief. A new letter from 90 90 thematc officials including harsh critics of the president said he was a blow or follow the rules, all america should be united and demanding that all branches of our government and all outlets of our media protect us whistleblower and his or her identity. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee played on a marker. Heres what i will insist upon, the whistleblower one or two, they come forward under oath and testify of the public can charge their credibility. Kurt volker who was interviewed last week resigned from the Mccain Institute saying he risked becoming a distraction from the accomplishments and continued growth of the institute. Tonight fox news can confirm that on july 26th, 1 day after the president s call with ukrainian leader the first whistleblower wrote a two page single spaced memo to themselves using dramatic language, they said a white house official describe the july 25th call as crazy, frightening, completely lacking in substance related to National Security. That dramatic language and tone are worth comparing to the now public transcript. Bret catherine, thank you. Joe biden says hell be President Trump like a drum next november, he is getting more aggressive in his rhetoric as he tries to fight off gains from Elizabeth Warren. Meanwhile Bernie Sanders is resting up after last weeks health scare. Correspondent peter doocy has that and all the latest Campaign News tonight from ames, iowa. Today in iowa, harris went back to school. Look at how well you write she is still one of the only candidates to confront joe biden about his record. That little girl was me. She wont do it again at the next debate, at least not concerning connections to ukraine. His latest attempt to convince primary voters that his hands are clean comes in a Washington Post oped which includes this line, our first president famously could not tell a lie. President trump cannot tell the truth about anything. The former vp said he wants to focus on the issues, but the issues are missing from a new campaign commercial that focuses entirely on President Trump. Will not let him choose the democratic candidate. Nous fox news poll and South Carolina finds joe biden building on his base with a sizable lead over secondplace Elizabeth Warren whose speech is under new scrutiny. I was visibly pregnant, visibly pregnant. The principal did what principles did knows days, wished me luck and hired somebody else for the job. Elizabeth warren wasnt passed over for being pregnant according to Elizabeth Warren. In 2007. I went back to graduate school and took a couple of courses in education and i said i dont leave is going to work out for me. I was pregnant with my first baby. As i deal with political pressure and Bernie Sanders recovers from a heart attack other contenders are searching for a way to stand out like cory booker with his version of stand up. Eye of the best dad jokes in the world. Why did tigger and winnie the pooh have their heads in the toilet . They were looking for pooh. [laughter] you can see the impeachment inquiry is not the only issue that iowa voters are concerned about, Kamala Harris at the coffee shop behind us talking about gun control doing whatever she can do to catch on as the clock stick towards caucus day, now less than four months away. Bret peter doocy, thank you. Continuing with an speech meant we look at how President Trump is fighting back and contrast that with the last president ial impeachment drama 21 years ago. Tonight Gillian Turner has a look back. Is a disgrace to our country. Its another witch hunt. Heres here we go again. President trump is doubling down on his counterattacks. Adam schiff and his crew making up stories. Lays out the first commanderinchief to employ a strategy of denial. I did not have sexual relations with that woman. President trump in favor of being his own best offense. An approach observers say stands in stark contrast to president clintons approach back in 1998. Clinton acted as though he was governing, doing things on behalf of the American People. Trump is all then on impeachment. One key player says the biggest difference as democrats today are explained by the rule rules. 1998 we voted to open up the impeachment inquiry against bill clinton a month before the election with 31 democrats. Nancy pelosi is opening up the inquiry by herself. Another familiar face, Hillary Clinton jumped into the fray this weekend but sidestepped questions about her role and her husbands impeachment. Ironically i was on the staff of the 1974 impeachment inquiry and you should follow every threat to see where it leads and you should look at anything that could amount to abuse of power. After the house impeached clinton in 1998, historians deemed a cooperative bipartisan trial. This time around capitol hill insiders say the bitterly polarized body is testifying over every element of this process. It may predict in epic procedural battles should President Trump face trials a few months from now. Bret thank you. Up next, how an American Professional Basketball Team stirred up some trouble with the protests and then apologized. The fallout from all of that. Heres what some of our affiliates around the country are covering. Fox four and kansas city as Police Identify two suspects from a bar shooting that left four people dead and five others wounded. Both have been charged with four counts of firstdegree murder. Fox 8 and cleveland as a governor might do one unveil specifics of his plan to curb gun violence. He wants to increase background checks and ensure people do not have firearms if a court has deal with those people in danger. Guncontrol advocates say he has banded his earlier proposals in favor of the plan that lacks needed changes. This is a live look in detroit from our affiliate fox to tran. The Auto Workers Union says contract talks with General Motors have taken a turn for the worst, Union Officials say gms latest proposal does nothing to provide job security. The strike of 49,000 workers is now on its fourth week. That is that estimates live look outside the beltway from special report. We will be right back. Lifechanging cures in a country that fosters innovation here, they find breakthroughs. Like a way to fight cancer by arming a patients own tcells. Because its not just about the next breakthrough. Its all the ones after that. I need all the breaks as athat i can get. 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This department is expressing sympathy to the family of the 19yearold man killed after his motorcycle collided with a car near British Military base with the u. S. Air force operates. It says its in close contact with british officials. The latest war in the hong kong protests involves of all things American Professional Basketball Team. Executive with the nbas Houston Rockets caused a firestorm when he expressed support for prodemocracy demonstrators in hong kong. The league experienced an immediate backlash from communist china and then players, owners and the league itself promptly apologized provoking backlash inside of the u. S. That all happens against the backdrop of continued violence in hong kong. Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot files listen tonight. Another night of clashes in hong kong after one of the worst weekends of unrest this chinese territory has seen. That triggered by the beijing government enactment of a ban on face masks. They plan to hide their entities from authorities. We are marching with the police as they try to clear this area around the police station. It has been a hot spot for at least a month now. They want everybody to leave including us. Theyre not taking any chances tonight. Here is what President Trump had to say. I would like to see a humane deal be worked out and i think he has the ability to do it. Far from hong kong there is another crisis, the Houston Rockets general manager tweeted a prodemocracy slogan, fight for freedom, stand with hong kong. That trait wasnt popular with beijing. Chinese broadcasters and sponsored severed ties with the rockets and he ventilated the post writing, i did not intend my tweet to cause any offense to the rockets fans and friends of mine in china. In a statement they called has originally tweeted regrettable, the chinese version went further, starting a bipartisan twitter storm. As a lifelong Houston Rockets fan i was found to see him call the Chinese Communist partys repressive treatment of protesters in hong kong. Now in pursuit of big money the nba is shamefully retreating. Democratic president ial candidate that must be 11, the only thing the nba should be apologizing for is their profits over human rights. What an embarrassment. Marco rubio noted the leagues apparent hypocrisy. I thought the nba was found to my proud to be the locust and the league, i guess that only applies to speaking out on american politics and social issues. They proclaimed their admiration for the u. S. And opening it will be the committee to supporting them. They openly acknowledge the power of beijing and the difficulty of their mission. What about the possibility of more democracy . Do thing thats real . You dont think so. This nba hasnt gone too much attention here in hong kong. The people here are too busy fighting for their freedom and running for their lives. Bret greg palkot. Early Tuesday Morning in hong kong. After the news today look back at my interview with turkeys president and some of the unaired portions about his countrys contact who have been working with american troops to fight niceness. First beyond our borders tonight. Iraqs Prime Minister has reported the army replacement and a heavy populated neighborhood of baghdad were hundreds of people were killed or wounded and we can clashes stemming from antigovernment protests. The order comes after a week of violence left more than 100 dead and thousands wounded. Protesters are demanding jobs, but are basic services such as a list for city and water and an end to corruption. Talks between the u. S. And north korea over the norths Nuclear Program have stalled again. The Nuclear Negotiator says thats up to washington to alter its approach if it wants more talks. The state Department Says the u. S. 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Bret President Trumps decision to remove troops from Northern Syria clear as a way for an expected turkish assault against kurdish fighters in that reason. That has been aligned with the u. S. Two weeks ago i spoke about this conflict with the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan. I asked about the allegations that turkey was helping some countries including syria avoid u. S. Sanctions through financial invasion. Let me tell you something, these are the allegations voiced by terrorist organization that are behind the failed coup july 2016. So thats not true . No. These allegations are more than wrong. These are produced propaganda by the organization and our banks have full compliance with the regulations of the banking transactions ive always been conducted within the frame of International Recognized principles. A financing sector has always been transparent and built upon these principles. We have a great track record and our sector is very honest and strong. Our goal, its been suggested that turkey has been supported. Can anyone point to another country other than turkey who did what we did in that city . We have killed more than 3500 terrorists. I wonder if they can show any other country that fought them vigorously as turkey did. Bret a few days ago you hosted the leaders of russia and iran, would you consider those your closest allies . Let me elaborate, this is the syrian peace process. Instead the process the United States used to participate at the level of ambassadors and during that time has russia, iran and turkey we started acting at the highest level possible. The region has very urgent problems to be settled and thats why these meetings are of crucial significance that doesnt depend on whether we the closest allies with iran or russia, but for the point of a Strategic Partnership. Russia is not a nato member and nor is iran or at the u. S. And turkey, they are both nato members we are together in nato. Bret you would like to increase economic relationship with the u. S. . The u. S. He rejected the u. S. Threats over purchasing Russian Air Defense systems, losing out that on the acquisition of american f35 fighter jets and really millions and millions of dollars of business to your country. Why . Let me be very clear, the approach with regards to this acquisition from russia was not perceived as a threat by me because we wish to acquire u. S. Patriot missiles during president obamas time, we were told congress would not allow such a transaction to take plac place. We went without that and then when President Trump took over office i wanted to get that, but now we are still unable to acquire or possess patriots. When it comes to National Defense we are in a position to be able to cater to our needs and that is why weve agreed with rush on these grounds because the conditions were quite suitable for our needs. I must say one more thing on f35 fighter jets, we are not clients, we are not customers, we are partners. We are 1 of 9 Manufacturing Companies within the framework of avenue 35s and dental so far we have paid 1. 4 billion and on top of that the components of the f35s are being manufactured in turkey and for every aircraft that was not delivered, we are losing 7 million. Four or five paragraphs are on the brink of delivery. At the last minute it was salted and i dont think its very becoming of Strategic Partnership and i dont think its the right way to go. What kind of Strategic Partners are we having paid 1. 4 billion let me tell you this, President Trumps at that our Strategic Partner turkey having paid 1. 4 billion should not deserve such behavior. Bret do you think the relationship is better under President Trump or not . Im not going to go with the assessment of that, but i must say that since President Trump took over the office we have been enjoying close ties and close relations, other than the latest developments which upset us. Bret that phone call leading to the decision of that Northern Syria, well bring in our panel as we wait for the president. Chris stirewalt, katie pavlich, news editor at townhall. Com, jeff mason and tom rogan, commentary writer for the washington examiner. I will start with you and we might have to break away for the president. We are told that in 2 minutes he will talk about syria and the whistleblowers. Thoughts about this . The fallout from the decision and what it means . Based on the president s words today on top of the statement that came up from the white house last night they tweets from this morning, its very clear the president is making the calculation that he wants to fulfill a campaign promise. He is talk to military leaders to get this job done and he has come to the conclusion that its time to make a decision and he has. The calculation may have callouts as number of republicans and democrats have warned. Including the general. The president has made clear that he understands both of those sides, he said so earlier today at the white house that he is willing to move forward. On that note, the issue of turkey being a nato ally should be looked at here. They take americans hostage in a persecuted minority groups, they are the ones who been wearing the American Flag on the battlefield. Certainly turkeys role in nato and con the main ally should be looked at. Bret theres been a lot of reaction. Nikki haley, we must always have the backs of our allies that we expect them to have our back. The kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against isis, leave them to die is a big mistake. Hashtag, turkey is not our friend. Katie makes a good point. Turkey as these questions, United States has an interest and try to parrot back from the russians and the problem with this decision might reverberate some of the concern on capitol hill is that theres an idea that this might go into prs narrative. Bret lets listen in. A hit on isis, didnt work out that way. They never left. They have been there for many years. We were down to very few soldiers in syria. We had 50 in the region that youre talking about, 50 soldiers and theyve already been moved out. We will see what happens with respect to a lot of different things. We have told turkey i spoke to the president and i said you have to treat them good and take care of isis. Dont forget, we defeated this group largely. Defeated isis 100 of the caliphate, 100 . We wanted to do 100 . I was going to do this months ago and we were not at 100 , but we were very close. Everyone said, can we get 100 . Now we are at 100 and they say, maybe we can stay longer . We need to bring your people back home and frankly are great soldiers have been talking about this. You go back three years ago and you watch the speeches, we want to bring our soldiers back home. We are not fighting, we are policing to a large extent. We are not police. These are fighters, great fighters, the greatest in the world and thats what they do. I have told president to tom mk the president , theyve been fighting the various people we were working with and turkey has been fighting them for many years, somebody said hundreds of years. They mentioned to me yesterday, 200 years or maybe more. At some point we have to bring our people back home and thats what we are doing. Its always a Firm Decision. Last time i made a Firm Decision and i said he will do it over a period of time. We have been doing it over a long period of time and weve been working with the people in this reminder soldiers have been coming back home over that period of time. I think one of the very big factors but we defeated isis, we have thousands right now vices fighters and families. We have family members, wives, children and many of them come out of europe and germany and france and other countries that i told them, you have to take these people back. You have to take them back and they said, we dont want to do that and i said, you have to do that. Thats not fair to the american taxpayers or america or the United States not to do that. They chose not to do it. I said again, you have to take them back. We can take care of 60, 70,000 people and not going to move the fighters to run home and obey and take care of them for many years. Its time for us. Great service, great favor, we defeated them 100 and now its time for germany and france and all of the nations where they came from to take them back and they chose no. Maybe they will change their tune now, i dont know. In the meantime we will have to rely on the european nations and rely on various other nations as an example. He ran, iraq, turkey, syria, russia, some other nations to take care of these fighters. The american taxpayers not going to spend 50 years of paying tax or whatever it may be, whatever it may be. For instance, prisons and the United States. The american taxpayer wont hit up with that. Reporter are you concerned with the second whistleblower . Not at all because the call was perfect, you had stenographers and people that took it down. Its a scam. Its a scam by the democrats to try to win election they wont won in 2020. Take a look at the poll and see what happened. One poll had me up 16 points were 17 points. To click on what is going on. The people understand its a scam. Theyre trying to win and election in 2020 by using impeachment. If you look at that call, perfect call. Its congenial, no pressure and what did the head of ukraines egg . Did he said there was no pressure . Did his top representative, has poor minister said there was no pressure whatsoever . There was no pressure. This is a scam. One of the greatest scams. We won on the mueller scam, that was a whole big deal that left after two years. They came up with this one. I guess thats part of my life. This is the most ridiculous thing many people have ever seen. All you have to do is read what they wrote down, they stenographers wrote on the exact call. What happened is adam schiff went up before congress and he read the most horrible speech attributed the speech to me. These people, believe this. If you went to west point where the air force air force academy and a point to believe this. He went up and he took his speech and he made it. It was horrible. He said the president of the United States had this. Its a fraud. Its a fraudulent speech. What he did is incredible. It shouldnt be allowed and i dont think its going to be allowed. I think a lot of things are happening. By the way, nancy pelosi knew it was a fraud and she didnt say anything about it. Take a look at that call, that call is a very terrific call. Its congenial, there was no pressure. There was no anything. You know it and so do and so does everybody else. That is why the polls are doing well. Thats why i dont bring up a fund raising, but i believe in the history of the Republican Party at this time theyve never had anything like the numbers that 13 million and many small donations and a 24hour period. That hasnt even happened. People understand its a fraud, its a scam, its a witch hunt and all we do is keep fighting for the American People because thats all i do. We win, our economy is doing great, our jobs are the best as ever been for many groups, africanamericans, asians, hispanics. The best theyve ever been in the history of our country and overall theyre the best numbers in 51 years. Or doing great things and we will keep going. Thank you very much. Were going to end there. Bret president trent by the white house getting military briefing and talking about the situation with pulling troops out of Northern Syria saying its time for them to go and time for iran, iraq, syria, and turkey to take over the responsibility in this region. We are back with the panel. One of the things that is a concern is at the ice has fighters that are being held by the kurds. He said its time for neither to go back to where theyre from in europe or have these countries, many of these he has negotiated to take over that responsibility. That is something hes been calling up for a long time. Hes met with european leaders at the United Nations and at the g7 and it doesnt feel like you got the response that he needed. Hes been threading and saying look, the u. S. Taxpayer as we just heard them say now is not one you fund this forever now hes following up. It has certainly brought a torrent of criticism from fellow republicans as well as democrats because of the concerns about what you articulated. Bret erdogan did not hide his desire to take over this zone. Its about 20 miles where they control over syria along the line of turkey and he called it a safe zone. It happened to be the area that the kurds were sitting in and you hurt him in that interview saying thats what he wanted and now hes getting it. Now hes getting at and the heartbreak for a lot of americans is that this is the first time we failed the kurds. They have been remarkably good, durable allies for United States. They have been through. They live in the worst neighborhood in the world i many times and famously with bill clinton when the kurds were trying to work on a coup and they were going to take on saddam hussein, we abandon them at the crucial moment and left them in the hands of a guy named chemical ali who gassed the population. We are going to abandon them for erdogan who has great designs for the region, great plans for himself and that is why you see this much sadness and upset. Bret want to place them of that response. This impulsive decision by the president has undone all the games we have made and thrown the region into further chaos. If i am an ice has fighter i have a second lease on life. It on the president wants to remove people from the middle east and i want to make sure we keep our word for those who fight with us and help us, that is the best position to be in. Pico when you do not think its always the u. S. s responsibility to fight every war and find every piece. We havent found found for 18 years and have guinness and so i dont think youll find peace in syria. Bret obviously rand paul setting with the president on this decision. Chris van hollen is working with Lindsey Graham on a piece of legislation to try to prevent this move. She is trying to sanction turkey if they decide to go after the kurds and do something about them. On the issue of congress, they can have it both ways. They should come together and put a more permanent appropriation bill on the table rather than continuing the resolutions i dont allow for the military to have any kind of longterm planning or strategic strategic pressure on these countries. One thing about the europeans, such as the United States was failed the kurds, this is all there. Countries of the president has tried to put pressure on. Saying they are willing to have erdogan be in charge of 65,000 isis fighters and we still have that many that are rallying around the isis flags, i wouldnt say thats a full defeat. The caliphate territory is defeated, but the ideology is not and the europeans with others too fast or have a responsibility for what has happened. Bret the last time this pushback happened the president turned around and made a different decision. It doesnt seem like he will do at this time. Doesnt seem like he will do it and makes a legitimate point. The problem is with russia, its interest is to use syria. The final point with the president s caveat that he deadly tweets, if erdogan goes in there i will destroy the economy, because of the ideological current that defines has view with the kurds, once hes in line with the military and in a politically weak position, this will be a great glorious rally. He will not back out. Bret just to reiterate, destroying another economy who happens to be a nato member is kind of stark in that tweet. Next up, hong kong, china, and the mva work decompression zone. So when my windshield broke. Woman what . vo . I searched for someone who really knew my car. I found the experts at safelite autoglass. Woman hi vo with their exclusive technology, they fixed my windshield. Then recalibrated the camera attached to my glass so my Safety Systems still work. 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Download the Xfinity Stream app today. Because Xfinity Stream tv week is here. Watch shows like south park and the walking dead now through october 13th. We apologize. We love china playing here. I know for both of us individually we go there once or twice a year. They show a support. We appreciate them as a fan base and we love every team there about and we appreciate the support they give us individually and as an organization. We love you. The chinese statement that was delivered by the nba was actually different and much more apologetic. The Chinese Market is important to the nba. They think its their future. A lot of the chinese are into basketball and there is a lot of money there. Bret the Houston Rockets owner putting out a simple tweet, fight for freedom and stand with hong kong that spurred all of this reaction, apology and then reaction to the apology. Tim scott, since when do we need the approval to have the opinion . Sad day when americans can come out to support democracy without fear of retaliation. In america we pete free speech ahead of contracts. Very quickly i think one of the big challenges here for the mva is not just a push back, look at the owners who came out really sad, basically thats what happens when they go to hong kong. How does that fit with the nbas narrative . Meanwhile in washington there is trade talks and yet that same conflict in terms of money versus values and whether or not hong kong will be something that the white house and President Trumps advisors bring up or whether thats a separate issue. Nba players only got to the Chinese Market because the comeliness market allows them to do so. There population probably didnt even see the tweets because twitter is banned and censored in china. Patriotism versus profit becomes a big question, whether its google or the nba. Bret it was not a profile of kurds with all the apologies. The show got banned in china, southpaw because it was a show called banned in china. They put out a statement saying, we will commit chinese sensors into our homes and into our hearts. We love money more than freedom and democracy. She doesnt look just like when he the pool at all. To into our thread with episode, long live the great party of communist china, may this be bountiful. Every good now . [laughter] thats Pretty Amazing statement by south park. They wanted all. You cant go into business with them like a company thats in the authoritarian states. Its becoming gulags and they will not let you have it both ways. Bret does a trade youll go forward . They will talk but i dont think therell be any massive trade deals soon. Not before the election. Bret china seems embolden. This is a great new cold war. Thats a big challenge. Bret thank you. 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Thats a real thing. Finally tonight, and out of this world performance. Hes a quizzical Ohio State University marching band pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing during halftime of saturdays game. And under 10 minutes they showcased a timeline of the space race to honor Neil Armstrong was from ohio. They played selections from apollo 13, they finished a performance with Stars Stripes forever making those space images on the field, it was very cool. Thank you for inviting us into your home tonight. That has had for special report. Fair, balanced, and unafraid. The story starts right now. Martha they had a very good halftime show yesterday. That was awesome. Thank you. Good evening everybody. I am Martha Maccallum and this has the story 22 and its a big one tonight on the pullout of syria and face of a of enormous opposition. The president believes the American People will side with him and his campaign promise. 12 we get out . We have to bring the people back home and frankly are great soldiers have been talking about this on the campaign. To go back three years ago and you watch the speeches. We want to bring our soldiers home. We are not fighting, we are police into a large extent. We are policing in certain areas. Martha that is his argument and take a look at this, earlier in the year that indicates that roughly twothirds of republicans who are informed about the situation in syria saying withdraw would be the right decision