Syria Spanning News Today

Them apart. >> reporter: now as for the presidents policy in syria, a major development just this evening. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell writing a blistering op-ed in "the washington post," we could put it up on screen, in it we should point out mcconnell does not criticize the president by name but saying withdrawing u.s. forces from syria is a grave strategic mistake and leaving the american people and homeland less safe and embolden our enemies and weaken important alliances. and the...

People like mick mulvaney carry out these betrayals of our national election of our national and global security. its stunning. but you dont get to say one thing one day and then the opposite thing the next day and have anybody believe you. >> let me also get your reaction to president trump, his decision to host the next g-7 summit in june at his resort in doral, florida. have you spoken to your colleagues about what your next steps might be in terms of learning how this decision was made becau...

And the ukraine. >> reporter: biden campaign released a statement saying on joe bidens watch the u.s. made a eradicating corruption a centerpiece of our policy toward ukraine including achieving the removal of an inept prosecutor who shielded wrongdoers from accountability. in response to fighting in syria that appeared to signal turkeys violation of a day-old cease-fire, the president insisted he was on top of the situation. mr. trump then made the bizarre claim that the u.s. is somehow in cont...

We have to get to. were about to go live to the syrian/turkish border. were going to update you. we have new information.

So what kind of impact -- think about it -- would it have if mattis, tillerson, mcmaster, kelly were to come out and say this president is dangerous on foreign policy which effectively what mattis believes we think given the fact that he resigned. that would have a great deal of impact. >> i wonder what else they are waiting for. you bring up syria and leader mcconnells op-ed and at the point now where the president has done irreparable damage to u.s. national security. we are not going to be ab...

Bothered by the presidents comments and so while this was a funny setting, there is not much to joke about in the predicament were in, whether it is in syria, with turkey or other allies and i think many of us who worked with general mattis are waiting for him to speak up in a more formal way. >> what do you think susan? >> i think it was silly and dignified. it is one thing to make jokes in a highly charged political environment and take the pressure out of the room and another thing to use it ...

Pulled back the safe zone as turkey defined it 18 miles into syria spanning from the euphrates to the border with iraq and turkey would resume operations in a more intense fashion. another thing, too, wolf, to reaggre rea -- readdress they have moved into northern syria once they realized american would not help them. so you have a presence of bashar assads forces and in key cities as this process moves forward, a lot of experts and observers are saying presumably, quite possibly the regime of b...

And out of the hospital. it helps improve your hearts ability to pump blood to the body. dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren or if youve had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto, for heart failure. where to next? entrust your heart to entresto. breaking news. the senat...

After mulvaney appeared to admit that u.s. aid to ukraine was tied to the presidents push to investigate democrats. mulvaney now denies he confirmed a quid pro quo. but house speaker nancy pelosi said his remarks amount to a confession. ill get reaction from house judiciary committee member ngata lien dean. first lets go to jim acosta. it is day two of white house damage control after mick mulvaney bombshell. >> reporter: that is right. president trump dodged the question today when asked about ...