Minister is accused of playing the bracks it blame game after germanys chancellor reportedly says a deal is overwhelmingly unlikely. With sports africa crush canada at the Rugby World Cup to confirm a place in the claims of full. Hello the Turkish Military has carried out strikes targeting the syrian iraqi border the aim to prevent Kurdish Forces using the route to reinforce northeast syria thats an anchor up or past to launch an offensive there but President Donald Trump says the u. S. Has not abandoned the kurds in syria as hes being criticized for his decision to pull out american troops weve got Kimberly Halkett in washington with us reaction Bernard Smith a standing by in erbil with the latest on the whole camp thats where thousands of eisel fighters are being held 1st will begin which all stratford who is joining us from turkeys border with syria whats the situation where you are now. Well weve seen throughout the day weve seen the beginnings of what seemed to be a military build up in this area i mean the beginnings actually would would not be 100 percent correct because this build up its been happening for the for the last couple of days at least weve seen in a repositions close by the situation. Is tense here certainly weve been listening to some of the voices interviews of people from the town behind me that town called to tell ill be out which was taking control of by the s. D. F. In 2015 from eisel certainly some very worried citizens there as you can imagine. So forget that theyve already suffered years of war in Northern Syria across the country indeed whats been described as one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world and any kind of military escalation by the obviously thats a humanitarian crisis could get even worse interestingly tel aviv was one of the 2 locations where u. S. Soldiers withdrew from we understand of the loss of. The other the other town a town called russell the eye which is further east from here weve been looking at recent developments over the last few days and this is our report turkish heavy weapon the same across the Syrian Border towards the town of tilapia. The mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic forces or s. D. A. Have defeated eisel here in 2050 with the help of u. S. Led coalition forces. Who took his government describes the main fighting force of the s. D. F. As a terrorist organization linked to its outlawed could the stand will cause policy which is full to gauge the turkish government for decades. The s. D. F. Control around 430 kilometers of syrian territory along the turkish border. They have fought and worked alongside the u. S. Troops for years they say u. S. President s dont trumps decision to withdraw all the nearly 1000 american soldiers is a stab in the back of one that gives turkey an opportunity to attack. And how the other side threats made by turkey to attack the area is not something new they have consistently done it for years we as Syrian Democratic forces take the matter into account and are fully prepared to fiercely respond to any imminent attack on syrian soil. Turkeys government says it wants to create what it describes as a safety zone of around 30 kilometers in the site syria so around 2000000 of the 3600000 Syrian Refugees in turkey can return what youre looking at there is a turkish artillery position now locals tell us that the army came a couple of weeks ago to set that position up meanwhile across the Border Forces are saying any military operation by turkey could risk the global fight against eisel there are thousands of eisel fighters in s. D. F. Jails the u. S. President donald trump says turkey must bear complete responsibility for any eisel fight is that a scape during a military operation turkey has so far no clear plan about how to deal with thousands of children are still fighters on the syrian side of the border. In towns like to lobby out people who have already suffered years of war or afraid. If more people will be displaced. If you ask anyone not leaving but eventually we will be displaced. The prospect of more suffering for the people of Northern Syria is very real to me says preparations for a potential military operation complete. So has there been any reaction from Kurdish Forces to the latest developments. Of the has done there has been a little bit of reaction today yes the commander in chief all of the. Most of them interesting the an indication of just how much pressure the s. D. If the Kurdish Forces are across the border in syria mr abney saying that they were considering a partnership with the syrian president in the name of dealing with potentially having to fight turkish full seize that statement also backed up by another s. D. F. Official who tweeted that. They were also looking at potentially reaching out to the russians as well as some sort of protection given that we understand we could well be seeing a complete withdrawal of those u. S. Forces that have worked with the s. T. s so law in which yes if now say give the Turkish Military an opportunity to attack them its fair to say though that we have seen these kind of cooperation. In recent years as well and hasnt really been fully spoken about but we do understand that yes the if as cool as cold night. Maneuvers with the Syrian Regime with respect to fighting Free Syrian Army fighters and eisel fights is in the past but they still to see this announcement today coming at a particularly salient time when they are under so much pressure from the military that are building up on this border all right Charles Trafford thank you for that update lets bring in kelly halkett shes joining us from washington d. C. And President Trump really got a lot of pushback for that decision he made about pulling out American Forces from Northern Syria and hes once again come out defending his decision with a stream of tweets can really. Yes as he often does again prolific on twitter on Tuesday Morning and what hes making the argument is that look at turkey is an important trade partner were going to try and work with them we being the United States reminding potentially u. S. Voters that the United States has a Collaborative Partnership with turkey a nato ally when it comes to the f. 35. 00 fighter jet and as a result he has invited tired of russia. To the white house on november 13th now the president as you point out has got a lot of criticism for this decision to pull United States troops from syria and what this means for the kurdish fighters that fought alongside the United States to help defeat eisel well the u. S. President saying adamantly on twitter hes not abandoning the kurds in fact the United States will continue to support in the form of finances as well as weapons but theres been a strong effort by this u. S. President to try and recalibrate the message that was sort of dispatched rather messily including now a statement coming from the u. K. Leader Boris Johnson in fact his spokesperson saying that there is a deep concern in the United Kingdom about turkish plans and reports of turkish plans to launch a military operation into syria and this is after donald trump just earlier stated that the it was in fact thrilled with this shift in syria policy so some conflicting reports there from the president and some damage control by the president on social media now in the midst of all this we should point out that the u. S. Congress even members of the president s own party still very concerned about the president s plan thats why there is an effort underway in the u. S. Senate to introduce at least a nonbinding resolution to register disapproval of about the president s plans Mitch Mcconnell who is often a supporter of the president saying this is a precipitous withdrawal warning against this and lynn and Lindsey Graham further saying once again that he believes this would be a serious mistake for the United States so that is why were seeing that movement in the u. S. Senate all right so i can believe thank you very much while shes there i have spoken to u. N. Ambassadors about the turkish intervention in syria how to for a Security Council meeting on mali and north korea. We have heard rumors of interventions and its been brings concerns to hers it could have significant human into an impact on this region. We are still very concerned with of fights against day the Global Coalition has been doing a great job since 2014 and its a success and we should note joe put it as a success day shes still present in syria in iraq the fights against day shes not over it with the guard to the north east of syria of course is very worrying. We know the concerns that turkey has but again theres only a political solution and we are very afraid that any. Military operation will again have disastrous humanitarian consequences so we are indeed concerned about what we have been been reading about the situation so as we mentioned earlier there are growing concerns about the fate of thousands of captured eisel fighters being held in syria Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria hold more than 8000. 00 fighters in prisons and makes a Detention Center is a 1000 of them are foreigners and the kurds are also in charge of several counts housing over 100000. 00 people including the largest camp off. Among the 70000 People Living in that camp there an estimated 12000 eisel family members who say they still believe in the groups doctrines and theres a high number of foreigners there for more than 40 countries well there are still a number of feisal fighters operating inside syria itself the u. N. Puts that number at around 3000. 00 lets now cross to Bernard Smith hes joining us from erbil in iraq semi autonomous kurdish region so if turkey does go ahead with the military operation what are the concerns about the prisons and camps holding eisel fighter. As well as their families. While doing 1st of all when it comes out network of Detention Centers and prison prisons that the syrian kurds manage the concern is that will they continue to be able to manage them if the guards of those buildings are diverted to battling turkey or to a frontline battle with turkey and a whole come that you mentioned that has been described by Human Rights WatchHuman Rights Watch as a desert dust bowl inferno im the u. N. Commission of inquiry said that women and children in that camp remain at a high risk of further radicalize ation yet the white house has said that turkey will now take responsibility for all the eisel fighters captured in the area but of turkey of course i said nothing about this so far and as i say the biggest concern is that will the kurds be able to keep control of those camps if they feel they have to divert resources to fighting the turks terrain so up until this point are the kurds managing to keep things under control in the camps. Yeah well the kurds will say they are keeping things under control and will continue to keep things under control but it is getting increasingly difficult they have been begging foreign governments to take back their nationals who are being held in these prisons and in these camps but as we know certainly european powers and other arab countries arab countries been very reluctant to take back their fighters and the commander of al whole whole town but most notorious of camps he said that they are now failing to contain an increasingly violent behavior of some of the residents he says is a familiar flimsy perimeter fence that could be breached unless they get more International Resources to try and strengthen it and he says that they there is a serious risk in our whole camp of i saw regrouping and reorganizing in the area he says as many as 30000 people in that camp are eisel loyalists during power right Bernard Speth with an update from erbil thank you. Plenty more ahead on the on the rings hour including brazil faces an ecological disaster after an oil spill pollutes its coastline now the question is where did it come from. The evolution of the universe and the earths place in the cosmos when the honor is of this years nobel prize in physics. And theres a wrong for paris to allow female fans into football stadium will sit down exclusively with one of the women helping drive change in our country. But 1st the trumpet ministration has barred the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union from giving testimony to the ongoing impeachments inquiry ambassador gordon songlines had voluntarily agreed to answer questions behind closed doors his Attorney Says hes obliged to comply with the u. S. State departments request not to testify Text Messages provided to Congress Last week revealed songlines as a central figure in allegations that the us president tried to pressure ukraine to dig dirt on his democratic rival donald trump is defending the decision to block songlines appearance on twitter he tweeted i would love to send a bastard a song lands a really good man and Great American to testify but unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo courts where republicans rights have been taken away and true facts are not allowed out for the public to see he went on to tweet saying someone has defended the president in the past saying the president has been Crystal Clear no quid pro quos of any kind that says it all meanwhile the House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff says Key Information and more personal messages from sunland are being withheld by the state department. We are also aware that the a master has Text Messages or emails on a personal device which have been provided to the state before apartment although we have requested those from the vaster and the state department is withholding those messages as well. Those messages are also deeply relevant to this investigation and the impeachment inquiry lets bring in mike hanna whos joining us from washington d. C. With the latest on this story and i suppose the question is is why will fall on testimony regarded as a so important mike well because he was central to that process that led to the tram phone call to the ukrainian president and what congress is trying to find out is whether this was part of a process to bring pressure to bear on the ukrainian president to provide political material to the u. S. President on one of his rivals within the 2028 election sunderlands evidence was very important in that he was party to the Decision Making among the group who are attempting to communicate to the ukraine president as well as communicating with the u. S. President during that particular process so clearly this is a very important element in the chain of communication that led to the phone call between president tram and his ukrainian counterpart so where does the investigation go to next. Well we heard there from the chairman of the Intelligence Committee adam schiff making very clear that his committee saw this as an op struction of congress as an obstruction of justice now democrats have argued repeatedly that should the Administration Carry on its pattern of blocking witnesses of withholding evidence that congress is demanding then that in itself must be seen as an off struction which is in itself a Impeachable Offense so the democrats are talking about dissembling all this evidence of President Trump preventing members of his administration from giving evidence preventing his departments from providing evidence that these amount to obstruction of justice elements which could go into the articles of impeachment but congress is slightly contained for one particular reason theres no clear definition in the in the constitution how congress can demand that people meet its pinas the only thing left to that is the obstruction of justice charge which clearly the democrats are intent on bringing against the president at some stage if he does not comply or continues to insist that his administration does not comply with congressional demands for president s before they committees all right mike hanna bringing us the update from washington thank you lets us stay with the story and speak to Paul Rosensweig hes a former senior counselor to Kenneth Starr who headed the investigation that led to president clintons impeachment hes currently a senior fellow of National Security in Cyber Security at