kudlow on from washington, d.c. they re talking about china and optimistic but not convinced they can get the overall deal they re looking for. sandra: all that ahead of big meetings with china this week. kudlow said the president will be involved in those negotiations. the markets will certainly be watching that. meanwhile onto this fox news alert from capitol hill. top u.s. intelligence officials will december file on the biggest threats facing the country as a senate intelligence committee hearing gets underway. christopher wray and gina haspel will be among those briefing lawmakers. last year much of the focus was on russia. bill: major development on driving isis out of syria. the trump administration getting ready to pull u.s. troops out of that country. fox news was embedded with the syrian kurds in what is considered the last isis-held village. benjamin hall getting the exclusive front line access and joins us live from inside syria.