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President stands up and basically says, this is a great success. >> and now people are saying, wow, what a great outcome. >> well, no, that's not the case. >> the case was kurds living near the turkish border were syria lost lives, homes, territory. >> we've done a good job. >> that's not what the president's lead adviser on syria and against isis testified on the hill just 90 minutes before president trump delivered that victory speech. >> the turkish incursion into northeast syria is a tragedy. it was long-standing u.s. government policy in two administrations to keep them from happening. >>...

Near the turkish border were syria lost lives, homes, territory. >> we've done a good job. >> that's not what the president's lead adviser on syria and against isis testified on the hill just 90 minutes before president trump delivered that victory speech. >> the turkish incursion into northeast syria is a tragedy. it was long-standing u.s. government policy in two administrations to keep them from happening. >> we have been telling the kurds that we would try to make sure that they weren't murdered or tortured. >> but the president had also promised he would bring the troops home. >> i campai...

Inkrurgs into area. hands over the main fight against isis, leading it open to the turkish incursion. trump sent erdogan a letter saying don't be a tough guy, don't be a fool. there was outcry about that in turkey. and erdogan said he returned the letter back to trump. we don't know what that means. and out of this meeting, there's been no public breakthrough. but it's opened up venues of dialogue and discussion between the two countries. whether that can improve the relationship between the two allies, we'll have to wait and see. ahead for the second time, a court rules the president has to...

They will patrol much of the border as early as today. nick paton walsh live for us in irbil, iraq, for us. good morning. >> reporter: dave, interesting to remember that during that press conference, president trump even recognized the fact that while he was effectively green lighting the turkish incursion in syria, he saw al baghdadi closing in. startling he couldn't see one affecting the other. there's confirmation, on how they played a role in tracking down baghdadi, the key u.s. ally who has lost sons and daughters on the ground trying to kick out isis and their caliphate. it's who they sa...

Syria, around about the same time, he was being briefed about massive progress in the hunt for al baghdadi, the man he himself said he had been looking for for three years. obviously, if you are telling your forces they have to pull wac, they have to withdraw and allowing the turkish incursion didn't have built into it, the idea they would be so strident, the pro-turkish forces that the americans would have to withdraw from main parts of the territory, the one thing led to the reduction of the ability of the other. and after donald trump said, we're going to bring our forces home, bring people...