The streets to draw attention to the Climate CrisisExtinction Rebellion is taking action in cities around the world paralyzing traffic and occupying building and the nobel prize for medicine goes to a trio of scientists for their groundbreaking work on oxygen levels in silt their research has changed the way humans are able to find cancer and other disease. Im burnt off its good to have you with us we begin tonight with the pull out and with the arrival turkey is getting ready to launch a long planned offensive against kurdish fighters in Northern Syria it comes after the United States reportedly started withdrawing troops from the area today clearing the way for that turkish incursion u. S. Troop. Worst station close to the border with turkey where they supported Kurdish Forces in the fight against the socalled Islamic State turkey however regards the kurdish militias as terrorists on sunday kurdish groups in the region held a mass demonstration against the turkish offensive accusing the United States of leaving them on their own washington says it will play no part in the Turkish Operation are for more on this now im joined by Jonathan Katz in washington he is a Foreign Policy analyst with the German Marshall Fund and jonathan its good to see you again help us make sense Donald Trumps syria decisions you know within a few hours today the u. S. President cleared the way for what is expected to be a turkish assault against kurdish fighters at the same time he threatens to destroy the turkish economy if turkey gives quote off limits in syria which message are we supposed to believe. Well this is again a bit of the unpredictability of of President Trump and i think it highlights the challenge for us Foreign Policy makers Decision Makers in the pentagon in the white house and elsewhere that the president has once again this is almost a repeat of what he did several months ago in announcing that u. S. Troops are going to withdraw from syria so the question is you know the president United States got on a phone call with president decided without. Talking to his top advisers in terms of what hes doing he tweets out a policy and that and several hours later realizing that the policy could harm those that the u. S. Has worked with has decided to reverse course and call for the destruction of the turkish economy so i think a lot of people washington are head scratching but increasingly worried about the president s Decision Making ability and what that means for u. S. National security that of our partners including turkey and he is getting a lot of blowback not only from democrats in washington but also from republicans in from some of his loyal supporters right. Yeah the interesting part of this is that the president has managed to anger at a time when i think he seems to be relying on their support politically during an impeachment inquiry process to anger some very senior republican senators who have real concerns that the president is not only of bed and allies kurds but is leaving the u. S. Vulnerable to isis again what we know is that despite the fact that the Geographic Area where isis has operated doesnt exist we know there still remains isis fighters and so for any u. S. President to abandon both the strategic position but also alisons a really difficult and wrong so difficult to those that we partner with and i think that what youre seeing is an increasingly concerned amongst members of congress that these challenges are leaving the u. S. Vulnerable. Jonathan you know since everyone now is talking about the president conversations that he has with other heads of state we know we talked with the turkish president last night what do you think errol one said to drop what did he do to convince trump to abandon the kurds in syria. Well 1st of all i think everybody wants to see the transcripts of the conversation between President Trump and president air to one and i think this is of of deep concern in the u. S. Right now that the president is free willing in these diplomatic engagement so i dont think that president the heir to one said anything new to President Trump that he hasnt said before and so the Decision Making of the reasoning by President Trump and his tweet and his decision on this policy is a mystery to many here in washington. Jonathan katz with the German Marshall Fund in our washington studio john king thank you very much we appreciate a really. Great thank you all right here to be table with me is Christine Hilburn she is a journalist who has lived in syria for many years a familiar face or viewers here its good to see you again what do you think the turkish president what does he want to do with syria actually has 2 purposes i think on one hand he wants to weaken kurdish autonomy that has established itself during the last few years in the northeastern part of syria by the p y d that could have Democratic Party which is a sister party of the big which is why im cannot considers them a terrorist organization and on the other hand out of one wants to resettle up to 2000000 Syrian Refugees that have taken refuge in turkey they have 3600000 syrians inside turkey and you know the atmosphere is kind of switching so i dont want to get rid of them he says we were resettled them in this 30 kilometer zone so hes not talking about sending them home instead its resettling them with the. Syria and theres a big difference there isnt there thats the problem because its not really their home these refugees mainly from areas like it live a little damascus homes they are not originally from the northeastern part of syria which is dominated to some extent by the kurdish population there so its really a some kind of demographic changes which will lead to social unrest for years to come maybe decades to come and weve seen this before in a free if you remember in the beginning of 2018 this is the area that everyone already tech once he did so before north in the north of aleppo so he is that just actually turkish protectorates inside syria and this is his plan 30 kilometers in the strip of land he also be helping Bashar Al Assad the syrian president with this because this is this is demographic engineering going on here yes and it will probably backfire in the fight against isis because once the kurdish fighters are busy with self defense against the turkish invasion they cannot be busy with taking care of tens of thousands of isis fighters that a locked up in their prisons which among them several 1000 european isis fighters that europe hesitates to take them back so were not up to our responsibility in this region and maybe of the kurdish id my turn to bashar assad in the end which is from their point of view the lesser of 2 evils compared to one and would say please come here and how could you you know protect the border which is still the National Border of syria what about the kurds maybe turning to Bashar Al Assad what about them turning to russia what about them turning to iran will the way to the moscows leads through moscow so they would turn to putin writing it putin he would organize talks which have already taken place with the with kurds and the Syrian Regime in damascus talking about you know the Syrian Regime taking back military control administrative control and Security Control over the northeast part of seo which is exactly what bashar assad ones without fighting them so this would. Obviously help and one might in the end say you know i would prefer the Syrian Regime at my border but not the fighters that aligned with the peacock a yeah yeah its complicated and its only getting worse. As always we appreciate your insights thank you jason. Well heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at least 13 people drowned during a nighttime rescue attempts near the italian island of lampedusa Officials Say 2 Patrol Vessels were approaching an overloaded migrant boat in rough weather when it capsized the coast guard picked up 22 survivors the exact number of missing is not to know a bomb attack has killed at least 10 people and wounded 20 others in eastern afghanistan the target was said to be a passing minibus carrying army recruits in jalalabad Security Forces defused several other devices in the area after the blast. The Climate Activist GroupExtinction Rebellion has launched a series of global protests to pressure governments to do more about the Climate Crisis demonstrations kicked off in australia and new zealand today in european cities demonstrations brought traffic to a standstill more than 200 activists were arrested in london here in berlin they blocked 2 major intersections there demanding that World Leaders cut net Greenhouse Gas emissions to 0 by the year 2025. To 3000. 00 members of the Group Extension rebellion stage step profits in the heart of bending the face of it is a big difference its the only effective way to draw attention to the Climate Crisis. And by and in its scene we decided to do this because for the last 3 decades demonstrations and petitions having to achieved anything even fridays to future the core of the Climate Movement doesnt achieve anything with their registered demonstrations so we have to go further its on duty. They came from all over the country to block off roads new york comic landmarks in the german capital this was part of a coordinated auction with other ex thanks to a rebellion groups of around the well their message is clear and one of those who voiced it was come on africa to cutn. Up to chairman risk. See watch as the light it is time for the German Government to tell the truth and declare a state of ecology can imagine. The mood was cheerful but public reaction was mixed. I usually get around by bicycle yes everyone should do something to protect the environment if they can. Sell it to. Difficult but in traffic is already stressful and when i have to make a detour because of the protests i dont want to go its upsetting. From the victory common to Potsdamer Platz in the city center to protest which have been approved by burning off our cities past off without Major Incident some demonstrators were confronted by police but the extension rebellion activists continued long after dark to make their presence felt. Pulse in the plots in the heart of bilin as one of the busiest traffic junctions in the city and though its normally busy with cars today its also living with climate activists the socalled Extinction Rebellion has taken over the size and the global price yes and what theyre asking for through these acts of civil disobedience is drastic measures of climate protection meanwhile the German Government here in berlin has come under scrutiny for not offering these measures the climate activists however are showing their mean its they want to continue these acts even though the police is trying to remove them from the sides throughout the coming week. Are in with me here at the big table now are 2 members of Extinction Rebellion ana marie backi and maximillian here how many have you in some for a few minutes today let me ask you i know what happened today here in berlin we all experience that the traffic was up for me and you disrupted the city but other than calls ing headaches for commuters what did you achieve today thousands of people from all over germany came to berlin today to block the city. We also had activists joined from sweden poland and switzerland we all came to the german capital to really put the German Government under pressure to show that we will not just demonstrate and be ignored any longer and we will we are ready to go further into civil disobedience to put on a pressure we need action on time and emergency now so if the disruptions dont get action by lawmakers max what what are you willing to do what is the civil disobedience going to look like well we will stay strong as the takes and if necessary get arrested and if at some point we will be cleared from the streets we will come back well come back until the demands of being met and what are your concrete demands what do you want to see german lawmakers do tomorrow so 1st of for the German Government to finally tell the truth about climate but the Climate Crisis and the host of year it really is therefore they should what do you think do you think the government has not been honest the belt well bad situation is well if we look at the drought they met so far i dont think they take it quite as seriously as they should so we have facing a world with 4 degree warming right now and this will lead to a collapse of civilization in america what would the this concrete action look like is i mean i know people are watching theyre going to say ok what should the chancellor and members of the bundestag what should they do. Tomorrow then to fight this crisis this Climate Crisis we demand that the German Government declares a Climate Emergency to more and we want them to establish a Citizens Assembly this week we need a Citizens Assembly that are random people selected from all over the country so citizens come together to discuss this emergency and come to. Lucian when you need that youve got a parliament youre already is it the parliament supposed to do the does talking for the people it hasnt worked it hasnt worked for the last 30 years the parliament is a great thing but not to solve this massive crisis that is a long term crisis so parties are working against each other but not with each as not to sort this out im busy this is this is this is the thing though i think the concerns a lot of people youre not only saying we have a Climate Crisis youre also saying we have a democracy crisis and that the system is failing us thats a lot to fix at one time but Citizens Assembly have been proven to work very efficiently and they take very caring decisions for the greater good of society thats been established already in many countries have been working there for successfully also in germany before in a smaller regional level demand assistance to assembly on the National Level and we want the governments to establish it this week to sort this times the south so youre going to stay outside these 2 intersections here and block traffic until you you get results most of the people that were out there today were younger people and theres a generation gap here youre both of you are young youre actually doing work or youre demanding work to be done that your parents generation should have done i mean that has to really. Get under your skin when you think about your parents generation has let you down. Yeah its its a system its not anybodys personal fault i think its the systems fault and this is the part about telling the truth. The studies havent been taken serious government is committing scientists have been warning us for years and its been ignored by the government theyre now breaking the law by not protecting the citizens of this country theyre breaking the law on global level on International Just like level before in our time how do you guys keep this protest within the realms of civility with spilling over into Political Revolution because people could understand he was saying we want to overthrow the system as well we actually want more democracy and this is what the citizen sanity is all about its more inclusive bringing people together off all realms very Diverse Group of people as representative off the society that we have in germany and there there are career politicians that are working against each other. A 1000000 here how much we appreciate you coming in thanks a lot of times and well be talking with you and were going to see whats going to happen the next few days thank you thank you thank you so much. Are you watching news and theyre going back now still to come. A homeless a womans. Singing skills turned her into a social media sensation after this video of her in the los angeles subway system went viral well tell you about that and the not so happy ending. As. Well the nobel prize for medicine has been awarded to 3 scientists from the United States and britain they were chosen for their pioneering discoveries of the way blood cells since and adapt to the bodys oxygen levels its the 1st