but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the race to fill the vacuum that was left when the americans were ordered to come home one week ago u.s. president trump announced u.s. forces were withdrawing from northern syria declaring turkey europe syria iran iraq russia and the kurds will now have to figure out the situation for themselves and that is exactly what is happening in new friends new alliances are being forged at breakneck speed and so far none of it looks good for the united states in the span of just a few days captured islamic state terrorists have escaped from detention camps where u.s. and kurdish forces had stood guard the threat of isis regrouping is now greater than it any point since the caliph it was destroyed earlier this year and the kurds well they've accused america of leaving them alone to be slaughtered by the turks