to send the vice president to turk why i to try and sort this out. the president is also saying that it is time for the -- for us to go home as we talks about this withdrawal of u.s. forces in syria. of course, none of those troops who are actually pulling out, nearly a thousand troops leaving syria will remain in the region, will remain in iraq, for example, kate. so none of those forces, despite the president pulling them out of syria will be coming home to the united states. kate. >> all right. jeremy, still ongoing, we will be bringing us the headlines as well, thank you so much. in the meantime, let me bring in cnn political analyst john af r avalon and washington post columnist max booth. what do you think you hear from the president coming out of this? i don't think it needs much more context. i would say, let's wait for the tape. i don't think it's required when he says turkey is moving into syria. it's not our problem. >> i would say, kate, to use the words inconsistent and