Tension and fighting between kurds and turks and this would be a deportation effectively against the will of the people, against u.n. and other regulations. and what s extraordinary to me is that this is this had been such an example of the limited but effective use of american power. few hundred american troops seemed to have been able to maintain the peace. that is a great point. we at the international rescue committee can see the situation in the kurdish area whether a few american troops were delivering our services. we helped half a million people with health care last year and we can see the contrast between the situation in the northeast of syria and northwest. in the northwest, it s a total war zone. 3.5 million people there. 1 million fled into that area from other parts of syrisyria. you have russian bombing. you have syrian government pushing in and you have bombing of civilian centers, bombing of hospitals. over 500 hospitals bombed since
With the islamic republic. hassan rouhani said he won t be used as a photo half. adding no meeting will occur. after earlier this year surpassing the iranian enrichment stockpile limits laid out in the deal, the next deadline put forth his septembe. it s not for them to say whether we should or should not make an atom bomb. we are not making atom bombs. these comments come as his foreign minister met today in tokyo with his japanese counterpart, japan is in a unique position to mediate between the united states and iran since it has a close relationship with both sides. the statement and meeting by iranian officials come as local media reports indicate the militant group hezbollah is planning a calculated strike against the u.s. ally israel. after an israeli strike in syri
The first, is the intelligence credible? i can tell you and from senator rubio, it is. we have information on not just their actions, we see their forces moving in the region but also their intent. they have been given instructions to prepare to attack americans. we are looking at their surrogates, she and militias and iraq. what we ve seen in the strait of hormuz and naval activity, the explosions that you saw on the tankers and also other proxies in yemen and syri syria. it s well sourced and its multiple sources, the intelligence is credible and the general is right, this is a request from the combatant commander, the general in the region. the sanctions are hurting the iranian regime, they are looking to lash out and to hit back. if you look from their point of view what they have done in the past is either they have been able to hit americans and we haven t been able to do much about it, remember 5-600
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Go and visit them. it means so much to the troops. nothing but miles on all of the faces of all of the troops. heather: it really was remarkable. he spent about three hours there. he talked about syria. and he defended his decision to pull troops out of there. some 2,000 troops. what did you think about what he had to say about that? i couldn t agree more. i think it is a little late in coming. i wish when he had made that back it and ohio, how he is going to get out of syria, i wish she would have acted on it then. it is absolutely in our interest to have those troops, because one of those big misunderstandings. big democratic senators, other people who are naysayers, what they don t understand is that those troops have not been doing anything for security. so their absence is not going to cause any harm because that is not the way that we defend ourselves and to prevent terrorist attacks in the united states. so he needed to pull them out. so it s a good move.
heather: what about endangering our ally, israel? he did defend that decision. he doesn t see that happening either. i could tell you for a fact that the greatest military power in the middle east is israel. and they are most clearly able to defend themselves as we saw in your previous segment, talking about how they launched a missile into syria. they have never hesitated to doing that. that is one of the big reasons why you have not seen it in recent days are recent years. syria or iran. because they always lose and they always respond heavily. so they can definitely defend themselves against any enemy over there. heather: i mention that you served twice and afghanistan as well. also talking about a drawdown of troops there. what is your opinion about that? i have been long advocating that it is time for that mission to come to an end. extraordinary numbers of
30,000 fighters across iraq and syria. ideology is still popular abroad. speech that he gave, he defended his pullout from syria. i made it clear that our mission and syria was to strip isis of its military strongholds, rebuilding syria will require a political solution. the president says in his rich neighbors will pay for the reconstruction, including saudi arabia. rick: so he is sticking to his promise. also said that he may pull troops from afghanistan, so what about those who are still in iraq? more than 5,000 u.s. troops currently stationed in iraq will be staying there. that includes special operations forces, who could be called upon to launch a raid. it now isis still maintains an
Few expensive weapons. mostly just displayed in animation, but now bit by bit, they are rolling them out. the u.s. is pulling out of the treaty, saying that russia is in violation of it. new start is up for renewal in 2021. it is a treaty that limits both sides nuclear arsenals. heather: amy kellogg come alive for us. thank you. rick: did you hear about this? an inmate escaped one of america s most notorious prison prisons. heather: pulling all u.s. troops from syria. some asking which g.o.p. lawmakers are really qualified to speak up on behalf of the nation s military. i made it clear from the beginning that our mission in syria was to strip isis of its
After logging its first christmas eve ever. we will take alive look at the markets at 9:30. heather: and we re going to talk about russia. igniting the tensions. new hypersonic of missiles that cannot be intercepted. what a vladimir putin is saying about its capability. rick: plus president trump making a surprise visit to the troops following his announcement on syria. now he is defending that controversial decision. some will come here. for a stay, but a lot of them are going to be going back home where they want to be with their families. they have done a fantastic job. i ll help you carry on lean on me. oh! oh!
Estimated $400 million for chips, that could be used to launch more terror attacks against the west. because isis is an completely defeated, he says the polity and syria will be slow. very deliberate, very orderly. while maintaining the u.s. presence in iraq to prevent an isis resurgence and to protect u.s. interests. also to always watch very closely over any potential re-formation of isis and also to watch over iran. iranian politicians located in flat iraq were deeply disturbed and anchored over his surprise visit to iraq. rick: i can imagine that. thank you. heather: meanwhile, just one week after announcing that he would withdraw all u.s. troops from syria, president trump defending his decision. there in iraq. they shouldn t be doing the fighting.