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Presidents initial order it could occur within 30 days. and the white house confirmed that troops had already started returning to the united states. meanwhile one of the biggest critics has pulled a 1 authy. 180. senator lindsey graham had wlunch the president thursday. >> he told me things i didnt know that make me feel a lot better about where were headed in syria. he promised to destroy isis. hes going to keep that prommess. were not there yet. i think were in a pause situation. year trying ...

Reliable ally in the fight against isis in syria. lindsey graham efforts criticize president trumps syria announcement, but this week and he met with the president at the white house. he says after speaking with him he feels a lot better about the administration of asterisk plans. he said the u.s. withdrawal from syria is in a pause situation, and he later tweeted "the president will make sure any withdrawal from syria will be done in a fashion to ensure isis is primly destroyed, iran doesnt fil...

On his timeline to pull u.s. troops out of syria after meeting with the president on sunday, lindsey graham is suggesting the president has a better understanding and agreed to reevaluate. graham characterized the presidents pullout as an obama-like mistake. >> 2,000 troops are supposed to leave syria in the coming weeks and months. mr. graham says the president is not pausing completely, but committed to a fresh assessment to see what happens on the ground in syria. >> i think we are in a pause...

President is not pausing completely, but committed to a fresh assessment to see what happens on the ground in syria. listen. >> i think we are in a pause situation where we are reevaluating the best way to achieve the presidents objective of having people pay more and do more. after discussions with the president and general dunford, i have never felt better about where were headed. were slowing things down in a smart way, but the goal has always been the same. to leave syria and make sure isis ...

>> thank you. still to come, senator lindsey graham says when it comes to the presidents plan to withdraw troops from syria, the u.s. is now in a pause situation. so is the president changing his strategy? well have more on that next. going to extremes for perfect skin? where does it end? new olay whips. while not equal to cosmetic procedures, our b3 complex hydrates to smooth skin. injections? rejected. beautiful skin? accepted. olay. hey. i heard youre moving into yeah, its pretty stressful....

How to withdraw our forces but at the same time achieve our national security interests, which are to make sure that isis is destroyed. they never come back. that our allies, the kurds, are protected. and that iran doesnt become the big winner of our leaving. so i think were in a pause situation. >> reporter: but it is not clear what happens now. >> in this particular situation, it sounds like senator graham is basically saying, hey, i got to the president, and im hoping he rethinks his decision...

Would see him settle for $5 billion for a border wall in exchange for temporary protections for the so-called dreamers, the young undocumented immigrants protected under daca. however mick mulvaney, the act chief of staff and the budget director has already signaled the president would be willing to take less than $5 billion for the border wall, so theres still not a lot of clarity about thousand shutdown ends, eventually, ryan. >> the reason that lindsey graham went to the white house was to ta...

And months. mr. graham says the president is not pausing completely, but committed to a fresh assessment to see what happens on the ground in syria. >> i think we are in a pause situation where we are reevaluating the best way to achieve the presidents objective of having people pay more and do more. after discussions with the president and general dunford, i have never felt better about where were headed. were slowing things down in a smart way. the goal is the same. to leave syria and make sur...

Welcome to "early start." im alison kosik sitting in for christine romans. i was eluding to the fact if the weather will cooperate. >> im alex marquardt. happy new years eve. great to close out the 2018 with you. >> this is great. >> we are going to start with president trump who may be hedging on his timeline to pull all u.s. troops out of syria. republican senator lindsey graham has a better understanding of the stakes in syria. graham characterized the pullout as an obama-like mistake. >> 2,0...

Meantime president trump says is he going to pull troops out of syria slowly it comes after a republican senator lindsey graham who originally called the decision a huge mistake. he now says the president and his commanders are, quote: slowing things down in a smart way. and the withdrawal from syria is in a, you quote, pause situation. president trump made the surprise announcement about syria. u.s. defense officials told fox news he caught his own military off guard. trey yingst just across th...