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The president on friday announced that the u.s. and china had reached a, quote, substantial phase one deal on trade that will eliminate a tariff hike that had been set to take effect tomorrow. trump said that china will purchase upwards of $50 billion in u.s. agricultural products and also includes commitments by the chinese related to intellectual property and its currency. trump said the deal would take three to five weeks to write and could be signed by the middle of next month. the u.s. had ...

About how he helped me defeat isis and clear out isis but one of the prices that we paid for clearing out isis was making a commitment to the kurds that we were going to honor commitments to the kurds and so i think just on a policy level, literally detraying the kurds is outrageous and indefensible but the way the policies was implemented, if this was your end goal, policy that you want to pursue, build support for it, make the case for congress, work within bureaucracy and pentagon, dont blind...

Any sort of waves -- neil: it is a start but we -- this week the big gamemakers and easing up on that. >> lots of things changed. at one point it was a big deal or no deal and now we have a little dealing three parts and there was supposed to be an enforcement mechanism so if the chinese were reneging on their commitments there would be accountability and that did not come up anywhere yesterday. neil: chuck schumer did praise the fact there were no concessions to huawei. the president didnt cave...

Meet their commitments including the protection of religious minorities, and also watching over the isis president in other words that we capture, we will impose a very swift, strong, and severe economic sanction, like i did with respect to my negotiations to get pastor brunson out, otherwise i hate to say this pastor youd still be there and i hate to say this also and this isnt done from ego, any other president of the united states, you would still be there. you know what we had to do and i ha...

Forces trying to tear down the cross-atlantic alliance? >> the first thing is that the reason that isis was on the run was because of the kurds and our support of the kurds and their support of our objectives in the region. what this does is completely changed the equation about how people think about our commitments. not just in the region but elsewhere. so, now the commitment that we make, whatever it happens to be, will be taken with a grain of salt by allies, by friends and by enemies, too. ...

It means that theres no advice, theres no interagency process. cabinet secretaries dont matter. advisers dont matter. the intelligence community doesnt matter. if the president gets loose with the phone and somebody overseas gets to him, they can get what they want. thats what happened here. >> jack jacobs, these have been u.s. allies. they have gone into the fight and suffered, as we said, just grievous casualties. what does this say about what we always proudly regard as the strength of that a...

They want. thats what happened here. >> jack jacobs, these have been u.s. allies. they have gone into the fight and suffered, as we said, just grievous casualties. what does this say about what we always proudly regard as the strength of that american handshake, that american commitment around the world at a time when there are so many forces trying to tear down the cross-atlantic alliance? >> the first thing is that the reason that isis was on the run was because of the kurds and our support of...

The white house demands it is absurd. some say call the bluff. that might work with a normal white house but this white house doesnt give a damn about bluffs or facts and it will move the gold post and raise the bar and they are not a good-faith actor and it is not like the minute you have a vote theyll stop complying with the subpoena. there is a video on twitter from lindsey graham going on about how the moment nixon didnt comply with the subpoena, play that in every hearing because lindsey gr...

Of those favoring impeachment and removal, that breaks down to 85% of democrats, 39% of dependents and 13% of republicans. but we began tonight with turkey and the kurds. and a president defending a decision. chief white house correspondent john roberts. >> greg good evening to you when turkey launched an invasion of syria this morning, president trump made it clear in a statement that the united states to endorse and thinks the operation is a bad idea. president trump said that in a statement h...

Endorse this attack and has made it clear to turkey that this operation is a bad idea. there are no american soldiers in the area. from the first day i entered the public arena, i made it clear i did not want to fight these endless, senseless wars, especially those that dont benefit the united states." he then goes on to say, "turkey has committed to protecting civilians, protecting religious minorities, including christians, and ensuring no humanitarian crisis takes place. we will hold them to ...