Lawmakers feel directly led to the brutal persecution of the former u. S. Allies. We have Fox Team Coverage tonight. Steve harrigan on the ground in Northern Syria with a look at whats happening now. Brit hume joins us with his analysis, but we begin with chief White House Correspondent john roberts and what the president and his team are saying and facing tonight. Good evening, john. Reporter some breaking news just now, the Vice President at steven mnuchin, the secretary of the treasury just outside the west wing right now. Vice president saying that President Trump called turkish president erdogan today telling him to stop his invasion, to turn it back. The Vice President also saying that he will lead a delegation to turkey immediately to try to negotiate an end to this crisis. Meantime, the president taking more friendly fire over his decision to pull back forces from the turkey syria border, the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell with a statement saying withdrawing American Le
The Turkish Backed offensive in Northern Syria is escalating as the u. S. Announces a further pullback from the county. About 1,000 troops are expected to exit the country leaving Kurdish Forces to turn to Bashar Al Assad and Vladimir Putin for help trying to strike a deal to bring reinforcements in in an effort to repel the ongoing turkish incursion. This morning the Trump Administration and coming are promising crippling sanctions on turkey. I think you know it is an evolving situation, were monitoring the situation carefully. The sanctions are ready to go. Well be updating the president this morning. Theres going to be crippling sanctions imposed by the congress to supplement what president Trumps Administration has done. Were going to send a signal to turkey that is unmistakable in the world and well break his economy until he stops the bloodshed. The turkishled offensive shows no sign of slowing down. Over the weekend turkey claimed it captured at least one border town on the syri
Maybe in the grand scream of thi scheme of things, but was it an ethical lapse, absolutely not. This impeachment inquiry will resume with testimony from mark kent. He will be followed by three former officials testifying later this week. Fiona hill testified for ten hours. About rudy ghoulian aiuliani an. John bolton was furious when he found out thwhat he was up to. From the hearing they testified that they told her to notify the top attorney about the rogue effort comparing the entire thing to a drug deal. I have to bring in kirstin welker. How is Rudy Giuliani responding to this. He is firing back amid these reports that john bolton and fiona hill about kiesing i always liked and disrespected john. Im disappointed that he was driven to attack a friend. He is calling other people a hand grenade as he is described as an atomic bomb. A very forceful response there from rudy juliani who says he was not involved in any corruption. Big picture here, steph, the white house has tried to blo
Klobuchar, and beto orourke. Ill talk to a quarter of the president ial debate stage as elbows get sharper. But first President Trumps twin agendas of stamping out isis and moving american troops of what he calls endless wars in the middle east are colliding in realtime. And the consequences could prove to be disastrous. 1,000 u. S. Troops will be leaving Northern Syria and already the incursion of turkish troops and proxies has made for a dangerous state of play for kurds who have been critical u. S. Allies. And with one american official saying u. S. Forces are on the ground, are at an increased risk. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin is vowing economic sanctions on turkey, but much of the video coming out of the region is graphic. Like this after a reported attack in the situation is growing more dire in realtime. Both for the kurds and for a potential reemergence of isis. This New York Times journalist who is one of the most foremost reporters on the Islamic State tweeted this today
Consequential testimony to date in the impeachment inquiry. Here are the headlines President Trump woke up to this morning. The Washington Post says new testimony undercuts the president s claim of no quid pro quo on ukraine. The New York Times says ukraine envoy testifies trump linked military aid to investigations. And this from the wall street journal, diplomat says trump tied ukraine aid to probes into biden and alleged election interference. In other words, there was a quid pro quo. Ambassador bill taylor told congress that multiple Senior Administration officials informed him the president personally blocked military aid to ukraine and refused to meet with that countrys new president unless he agreed to investigate joe biden in the 2016 u. S. Election. Quid pro quo. Taylors testimony refutes President Trump and his loyalists and includes intricate detail and were told its based on meticulous notes. And also breaking news in the 2020 race. A new cnn National Poll out shows former