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Places?" would really happen if we left and that these people find out and decide? we are going to see conventional wisdom versus this outside thought, what really happened. >> harris: you know what? its interesting you say that, because you did see the kurds and the syrian government have to agree on the move forward. right? you saw some -- and it was described this way and reports, kind of a tribal conversation, if you will. the kurds are a trio, too. youve got different groups. if they were t...

>> and jeff, biden, of course, casts himself as a foreign policy expert. he went after president trump, i understand, today on his decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. what did he have to say? >> reporter: he certainly did. joe biden adding his voice to really republicans and democrats who are criticizing, and indeed, questioning the wisdom of the trump administrations strategy towards syria. lets take a listen. >> what in gods name is this man doing? what is he doing to our security? wh...

The president just a few days ago on this situation. quote: anything that i and my great in unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits, talking about what turkey might do, i will totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey. i think many conservatives were rightly deeply critical of president obama on a red line in syria. this wasnt a specific red line, but he said if they go out of bounds, theyre in huge trouble. the question i have this morning is whats the definition of out of bounds ...

Procedure. this is a very unique proceeding. when the senate is convened for this proceeding, it is convened as a court. it is a court of impeachment. and so they will determine what the rules are and how things unfold. >> clarity, expertise, wisdom. i cant say we get that all day, every day from washington, but weve certainly got it from both of you. thanks to both of you. really appreciate it. when we come back, one more fact you may want to know on impeachment. first, richard engel has this...

Do you think one of the reasons why republicans have been so quick to criticize president trump on the syria issue is they didnt think they were able to do it on ukraine so theyre letting off steam here? >> i think they didnt know anything about i. most of them think its the wrong decision. if you look at this from abroad, think about the message our allies are getting from the united states. half of the government, the presidents party, and the opposition party, are against a major decision he ...

And americas friends have learned bitterly that they cant depend on us. so this has become, in a week, the common wisdom in the middle east. its going to tsang takeake a l to dispel that sense that america is an unreliable partner. >> mattis has not spoken out, hes held his tongue. but if you read his resignation letter, he quit because he felt when america does not stand with its allies, it suffers irreparable harm. he repeated that yesterday. be nice if he said it more specifically. but i thin...

Have another thing coming. he is not going to be beaten easily. its going to take a campaign of wisdom and patience, but he is beatable, for sure. >> this morning, trump tweeted about that. he said thank you, harry. i agree. beth, im curious, what do you make of that? you look at polls right now. donald trumps approval rating 42%, somewhere around there. we keep showing these head-to-heads. warren has been leading him, biden leads him. is harry reid overreacting to a narrow victory for donald tr...

The other part of the difference is that then the trump white house tried to hide that transcript and bury it. >> let me ask you about foreign policy in general. do you feel as though -- i mean, i watched the syria business, and the president makes an announcement one day, then he realizes that maybe hes been too soft on the turks, and he says, im going to closely obliterate the contact, which he did do in his unconventional wisdom, then he feels maybe hes been too hard on the turks and invites ...

Policy in general. do you feel as though -- i mean, i watched this syria business and the president makes an announcement one day and then he realizes that maybe hes been too soft on the turks and he says im going to obliterate turkeys economy, which i can do in my great wisdom. great and unmatched wisdom. >> right. >> then he feels like maybe hes been too hard on the turks and invites him for a white house meeting in 72 hours. >> and then he says he told the turks not to cross into syria. >> wh...

This is a conversation thats gingerly head on television most of the time. theres still people, still a lot of tiptoeing going on about the presidents behavior, his misbehavior. how does the press need to cover this while still being fair? >> i do think they have to cover it, and fairness requires making an objective assessment of the facts and the reality of things and covering it. this idea that you do not cover donald trumps psychological and emotional state strikes me as bizarre. theres more...