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It's extraordinary to see these officials talking about sanctions on turkey for the very operation that trump green lighted to erdogan. putin, erdogan and others have sized up trump and realized they can roll right over him and get what they want. >> i bet you've had cause to think back on your eight years of west wing, especially tonight with the "new york times" reporting on john bolton, so shocked was he about what he witnessed and overheard, he told colleagues to approach lawyers. this quote is, i'm not part of whatever drug deal rudy and mulvaney are cooking up. that's the national securi...

So, this is now becoming more and more revealed and folks sit back and go, maybe there is a there there. >> phil rucker, mike pence in the driveway. how do you say that there was no green light? this takes a heap of denial from top to bottom that this didn't entirely change when donald trump hung up the phone with erdogan. >> i mean, brian, it all change when donald trump hang up the phone with erdogan. part of what was going on there, president trump was not following a script, he was kind of rif'ing with president erdogan. he was not following the direction of his advisers. for months now th...

>> it gets worse by the hour, chris. these are all the exact things we warned them, if they do this incursi incursion, we'll see everything from release of isis prisoners, humanitarian catastrophe, damage relations with turkey. this is all playing out exactly as we predicted. we urge president erdogan to stop and go back to the status quo. >> secretary of defense, happens to be a substantial guy. listen to the tone. we've warned them, they better not do this. they were given a tacit green light by any definition. >> brian, here is what's important. other leaders have figured out that one perso...

Out to the microphones outside the west wing lobby to announce he's imposing sanctions on turkey for their actions in syria. and try to tamp down the blowback that trump has received from members of his own party. and a heads up here. as you listen to vice president pence, please remember, this is his boss' own doing. >> the united states of america did not give a green light to turkey to invade syria. the president has been very clear on that point and reiterated that to president erdogan today. president trump pressed him very strongly in a telephone call today to immediately embrace a ceas...

Listen if you can to this next story. it's been four months and two days since the disappearance and murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. this morning, so many issues remain unresolved. "the washington post" columnist was allegedly kills and dismembered october 2nd by saudi agents. turkish president erdogan today renewing his call for a full investigation and slamming the u.s. for its continued silence on the case. this even after the cia concluded that the saudi crown prince personally ordered khashoggi's killing. president trump has signaled the u.s. will not take strong action against ...