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Other militaries could exploit the security vacuum to stage their own jailbreak. that is what people in iraq and jordan and all throughout the region is the caliphate reconstitutesing itself. >> well, that is not sounding sexist, matt, but realist, and thank you for the assessment. we go do hans nichols, and we know that the president is monitoring this situation, but what is he saying about all of this? >> well, last night he gave the explanation of why he is withdrawing the troops and why he w...

Leave, a possibly reconstitute that caliphate declared over back in march. now, we need to stress here, alex that these are women and children. these are not among the fighters who are still being held, though there has been video circulating on the social media riots insid the isis prisons, because clearly some of the people feel they can take advantage of the security vacuum. we heard from sdf which is mostly kurdish force allied with the u.s., that guarding the prisoners would be the second p...

And try to claim credit for attacks even if they are not the perpetrators. but when you have a power vacuum or a security vacuum you create a space for a group like isis to reform, coalesce and strike again. >> and you spoke with u.s. special operators in syria and what are they saying about the turkish operation. >> reporter: we went into a u.s. special fortss base earlier. no, sir of the special forces would speak to us on camera but it is a very uncomfortable dynamic for them, jake. because t...

Red-handed. ally. here is a man who is on tape i can empathize with that saying exactly what he is going to do in terms of corruption special forces soldier. i felt shame when we pulled out and he gets away with it. if that ever happened to a of iraq in 2011. i felt like we left the kurds republican, they would get the electric chair. high and dry then and the >> bill: you were standing just country of iraq in a security behind him over his right-hand shoulder. vacuum. isis filled that gap. your...

Prisons. angel is worry a new -- in syria could lead to a security vacuum that allows those prisoners to escape. they also control a camp home to more than 70,000 people. mostly the wives and children of isis fighters. joining me now to have a closer look at this, a foreign correspondent for the "new york times" who covers islamices extremism including isis and at the national security counsel. also served as spokesperson for the u.s. mission to the united nations. also a former treasury departm...

Patrol and efforts are not moving fast enough and not going far enough to proved them the necessary security is that they want on their southern border. >> is he making this then a part of our fault and trying to encourage us to step up the security or is is this -- something else that he has in mind? >> well its important to note that the president has directed that we slowly withdraws forceses in a if they withdraw out of syria so i think he sees that as potential for security vacuum increasin...

Much. eric. >> turkey doesnt attack syrian operation allies how should washington react lets bring in malcolm a retired u.s. army major general. a general so why is president erdogan military threats to attack so troubling? >> well good afternoon eric thank you for letting me join you. first off i would like to settle a little context right now the united states has about under just under a thousand forces there in northern syria and what theyre doing is conducting joint security patrolses and t...

Security vacuum. >> bret: are there other terrorist groups that are in your country that the world needs to worry about? >> translator: extremists can find many open paths for illegal immigration. for extremists and smugglers, there are many illegal activities that can be done through such an open border. >> bret: producing evidence of foreign fighters coming into your country from iraq or syria? >> translator: that challenge exists. such terrorist organizations seek a conducive atmosphere for t...

Back to my experience in iraq in 2011. i was on the ground as a commander in the north province. and we warned the military warned the administration at that time that pulling out precipitously would cause a security vacuum in iraq. now, we did not know exactly how that security vacuum would be filled. the ability for iraq to have internal defense or much less external defense. we were in the middle of developing that so, that precipitous withdrawal was unfortunately isis came out of that. and t...

See a resurgence of isis. >> we will come back if we have to. we have very fast airplanes and argo crew that can come back quickly if needed. im not leaving -- >> what does this say going forward? >> most presidents try to learn from historical mistakes, not repeat them. it is true we with drew from iraq and it is president bush. the president mischaracterized it today. but finalized by president obama because the iraqi government wouldnt grant our soldiers the immunities we required to keep the...