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Lederman reports on -- an nbc news reporter that essentially he was guaranteed the -- the president was guaranteed that turkey would take over fighting isis and yet turkey has been attacking the kurds. what do you make of that? >> not only has turkey been attacking the kurds but one of the biggest roadblocks that mcgurk and the coalition dealt with was turkey. turkey did not want us to be backing the kurds because they consider the kurds to be an existential threat since a wing of this movement ...

To listen to his generals. well hes not listening to the generals. he made a big political populist argument. >> he says he knows better than the generals. >> he made a populist argument they were his generals on his side and part of why you should vote for him. hes not listening to the most revered general of our time. we are looking to see what mattis says afterwards. is he staying there until february? that would be surprising. when he comes out, he may be the most important voice in the worl...

Revered general of our time. we are looking to see what mattis says afterwards. is he staying there until february? that would be surprising. when he comes out, he may be the most important voice in the world to talk to our allies, other militaries and to the american people. >> what does it mean to you that the president says not joking around, i know better than these guys, and the pentagon, other generals around, he doesnt listen to them. tos somebody who fought the wars yourself, and knows t...

Implication of a lot of the arguments you hear is america has mass shootings because there are more guns. do we have more guns per capita than we once had? >> its hard to quantify per capita. but in the 90s there was a dip in crime. for the next 25 years there was a big dip in crime and gun ownership spiked at the same time. so there are many factors in play when you talk about that. but certainly you cant blame more people have gun and there should be more crime if the theory held. >> tucker: s...

And it will have ramifications. arthel: like what? >> well, i think the assad government will consolidate its power over syria. i mean they win. they are going to clean up isis. they will kill as many of those guys as they can. i assume some will stay and some will flee. those guys won that war. thats one implication. israel didnt want iran in syria because they think f it as a land bridge to lebanon and ultimately to israel. but i dont think thats going to change either. i mean, syria and iran ...

Trump tower project in moscow. then apparently again in implication over hush money scheme. in that instance trump reportedly pressed whitaker on why more wasnt done to control prosecutors in new york who brought charges in the first place, suggesting they were going rogue. as special counsel robert mueller continues to investigate whether or not trump obstructs justice in the russia investigation, new allegations could raise new questions about whether the president could be trying to obstruct ...

Music died." is it also the day the border wall died? what is the implication for president trump? >> it is a setback for president trump. i dont think it is dead. i dont think he is done talking about it. i think maybe he just didnt want to fight about it over christmas. he would rather go to mar-a-lago and spend a few days there and start anew. what is different about the discussion a month from now is democrats will be in control of the house. when we talk about funding for the wall and who i...

President announced withdrawal of u.s. troops, isis detonated a bomb inside raqqah. that doesnt mean they are managing a new union, but they are reconstituting. that is the worry of general mattis and what he has spoken about. it is not just about isis. it is the regional politics. that is something else that general mattis is concerned about. if the u.s. cwithdrawals from syria, it gives up the territory to iran. it is a worry for the u.s. and uk and france. that sends a bigger message. it send...

Analytica to harvest the private data of tens of millions of the social networks users. meantime, in europe, a top regulator says theyre considering possible new steps in light of this weeks "new york times" report that facebook gave tech companies more access to personal data than previously disclosed. melissa, going to you. are there questions about perjury about what mark zuckerberg said about handling privacy data? >> their answer are always too cute. you have to listen. one thing they said,...

Again, the only thing that makes sense is, maybe he forgot, but now he stood in front of a judge and said, no, i lied, and i intended to. none of it makes sense. >> i share ricks mistification, and why jeff sessions cant remember who he dealt with. jared kushner cant remember. theres this constant failure to acknowledge the relationship between the trump campaign and russia. is that because something improper went on there? thats certainly the implication. that is the best explanation i can come...