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Time after christmas that he had landed. he also received some briefings, not only from commanders there, but the u.s. ambassador to iraq. the way that works a very small group of journalists that is sworn to secrecy and would have met president trump late last night. so late christmas night in the very late hours or early morning hours, they would have taken off for iraq and then landed. as we have been telling you, the president spoke there for about 20 minutes but, we are not able to get the ...

Missile deep holes in syria. one of them made its way into israeli airplay, space at which point an air defense system had to shoot from central israel to shoot the projectile out of the sky. so a messy situation as a president made has is a way to. the u.s. coalition is still continuing strikes in syria despite the presidents decision to withdraw troops there from syria. this information we are getting this week, more than 100 isis fighters were killed in this recent round of u.s.-led air strik...

Out of qatar, with the major air strike in isis. so you still have a lot of firepower in the region and special operations, you do have a package in iraq that could launch if necessary. you have air strikes that could be called upon. you have a u.s. and french artillery units launching around the of the last isis position. >> help us put this in context. a couple weeks ago president trump was praising secretary of defense matus and then makes a decision after a phone call with the darkest presid...

And if isis were to have a resurgence, how do your sources at the pentagon feel about that? are they confident that the troops in iraq are enough? >> you recall in 2014 or 2015, isis controlled area the size of ohio across iraq and syria. it was a caliphate. despite president obama launching the first air strikes and deploying the troops back into iraq, isis has been hit hard. the caliphate has been crushed and destroyed. and, you also have b-1 bombers and the one bombers are flying

We are asserting who we are. we cant say that isis is not who it used to be. so there are some important things in terms of that assertive message, but we have to have a clear strategy. and i think that will be the challenge for the president rolling into the new year, what does he do with the big strategic messaging standpoint? because it will take place here in the u.s. and people want to know, what does this mean for me? are we playing policeman to the world or is there a strategy in terms of...

Remnants of isis. think about how close the president is with the saudis and some of the other folks, especially the gulf states like the emma radys and baja iranians. you have to wonder how well that sits with them. >> again theres a lot that can be confusing about this. the president announced it rather suddenly and "the wall street journal" reported yesterday that there was a lot of confusion in terms of what kind of timeline for withdrawal and what does this look like. but i think this is yo...

Issues. looking specifically at president trumps trip to iraq, the surprise christmas visit to see troops at another u.s. leadership there, and its important to note that there is a difficult political situation unfolding in iraq right now. there is new leadership. the prime minister is taking over, but the new iraq he government, is still looking to get its feet underneath it. we have another number of key cabinet positions that have not been filled and this is confirming that isis is not able ...

Made this trip, about 11 hours. the president landing at that base just west of baghdad. >> leland: ellison barber, north lawn of the white house. we will see when the president gets back to the white house, its been quite the couple of days for him. the president according to the aap says he wants to get u.s. soldiers home from syria and that iraq can still be used as a base to stage attacks on islamic state militants if needed. if the withdrawal of troops would allow isis to begin. we bring in...

Things, as if they are a fact. when in fact its much more complicated than that. the withdrawal from syria, thats resignation under protes protest, and the sense that we are leaving the allies, the kurds, exposed now to turkish winds. they may move into the zone, and perhaps -- that all speaks to n america kind of in retreat. on the other hand, staying the course in iraq is not just a signal to the region that we will have some presence in the region but its a necessity. isis is not destroyed, a...

Coincidence? >> i will let you or our viewers to make that decision there. but what makes this notable is that not only was it the first time for him to visit combat troops overseas but it comes on the heels of him decided to remove troops from syria. at one point he said the initial decision to invade iraq, it was perhaps one of the worst decisions ever made. but despite that he is also telling reporters on the ground that he does not have any plans to remove troops from iraq. so as you mention...