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Nbc nationalist Correspondent Peter joining me now where were expecting the greek Prime Minister to pull up, so well watch that. First of all, all the confusion. We see the president there in the doorway of the portico to the west wing entrance as the car pulls up, and were going to see the greek Prime Minister. Greece, of course, has been in financial turmoil. It has been part of the European Union crisis financially and economically and is also right in the region where migration has been a cr...

To mount juliet, tennessee. Christy walked in for a get together and got the surprise of her life. Not a dry eye in that house. Thanks for joining us. Busy day. Im dana perino. Heres shep. Shepard a live look, the Eisenhower Executive Office building next to the west wing where were about to hear live from the president in the wake of an extraordinary morning. The pressure on President Trump accelerating and in moments hes scheduled to speak. Two big issues, first, the president s decision to wi...

>> shep, a senior u.s. defense official said the president made the decision to pull out of syria after spoking with president erdogan last friday, december 14. secretary state mike pompeo was there at the time and was the first to be told were leaving. the turkish president told president trump, turkish forces were planning to enter syria soon to go after the pkk and warned troops to get out of this way. this hastened the presidents decision. something he had been mulling for. the fear is the u...

Strategic mistake that i hope the president is willing to reconsider. if he does not, i believe with some degree of confidence that he will come to regret this decision. i mean clearly were repeating the obama mistake of premature withdrawal which got us isis. it is a misstatement to say that isis is defeated in syria. what is accurate is we have destroyed their safe haven in raqqa and have now taken down another town which isis put up a fight for over two months, which demonstrates their determ...

Turkish president erdogan last friday, december 14th. secretary of state mike pompeo was there at the time and was the first to be told we are leaving. the turkish president told president trump that turkish forces were planning to enter syria soon to go after the kurdish pkk and warned u.s. troops to get out of the way. this i am told hastened the presidents decision, something he had been mulling for some time. the president gave the military 30 days to pull out. the fear among u.s. military c...

The book tour. where are the states men and bem on capitol hill who stand up as the president who just stripped the dignity out of the oval office. the isis capital of raqqa forcing out iraqi troops. stay with us.

Inauguration, he ordered a copper has a plan to defeat isis in 30 days. that deadline passed five months ago. since then, u.s. forces helped iraqi troops take back mosul, their second-largest city, from which isis proclaimed their caliphate three years ago. isis still controls two major cities in iraq. and parts of western and/or province along the border with syria. millions of iraqis remain internally displaced. >> if a family cant feed their children, they will turn to any available resource ...

Inauguration, he ordered a copper has a plan to defeat isis in 30 days. that deadline passed five months ago. since then, u.s. forces helped iraqi troops take back mosul, their second-largest city, from which isis proclaimed their caliphate three years ago. isis still controls two major cities in iraq. and parts of western and/or province along the border with syria. millions of iraqis remain internally displaced. >> if a family cant feed their children, they will turn to any available resource ...

Retake raqqa, isis is de facto capital. it was described going to the heart of darkness and fighting isis, grabbing it and getting control over the heart of darkness. were seeing hundreds of volunteers and we have seen hundreds of british and american volunteers on the front lines, not only in syria, but as weve seen and in iraq as well. some have even lost their lives. in fact, last month, to american and one british fighter were killed in battle. that said, as the fight to retake raqqa, lets p...

Im gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. >> heather: right now, new progress and the fight to defeat isis in syria as u.s. fighters approach the capital of raqqa. british volunteers doing their part in the front lines as well. >> if you support these locals, that we can build a democratic framework for the country and see a much more peaceful future for syria. >> heather: john huddy is telling the story for us in jerusalem with more. jo...