WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.840 SHOOTS AND KILLS A BLACK WOMAN INSIDE HER OWN HOME IN SECONDSTE 00:06.874 --> 00:09.109 INSIDE HER OWN HOME IN SECONDSTE >>> THE TURKISH BACKED OFFENSIVE 00:09.110 --> 00:11.011 >>> THE TURKISH BACKED OFFENSIVE IN NORTHERN SYRIA IS ESCALATING 00:11.045 --> 00:14.181 IN NORTHERN SYRIA IS ESCALATING AS THE U.S. ANNOUNCES A FURTHER 00:14.215 --> 00:15.415 AS THE U.S. ANNOUNCES A FURTHER PULLBACK FROM THE COUNTY. 00:15.450 --> 00:16.950 PULLBACK FROM THE COUNTY. ABOUT 1,000 TROOPS ARE EXPECTED 00:16.984 --> 00:18.384 ABOUT 1,000 TROOPS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT THE COUNTRY LEAVING 00:18.386 --> 00:21.421 TO EXIT THE COUNTRY LEAVING KURDISH FORCES TO TURN TO BASHAR 00:21.456 --> 00:22.389 KURDISH FORCES TO TURN TO BASHAR AL ASSAD AND VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR 00:22.423 --> 00:24.024 AL ASSAD AND VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR HELP TRYING TO STRIKE A DEAL TO 00:24.058 --> 00:25.859 HELP TRYING TO STRIKE A DEAL TO BRING REINFORCEMENTS IN IN AN 00:25.893 --> 00:29.796 BRING REINFORCEMENTS IN IN AN EFFORT TO REPEL THE ONGOING 00:29.797 --> 00:30.730 EFFORT TO REPEL THE ONGOING TURKISH INCURSION. 00:30.732 --> 00:31.732 TURKISH INCURSION. THIS MORNING THE TRUMP 00:31.766 --> 00:33.901 THIS MORNING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND COMING ARE 00:33.935 --> 00:36.603 ADMINISTRATION AND COMING ARE PROMISEING CRIPPLING SANCTIONS O 00:36.604 --> 00:36.937 PROMISEING CRIPPLING SANCTIONS O TURKEY. 00:36.938 --> 00:39.906 TURKEY. >> I THINK YOU KNOW IT IS AN 00:39.908 --> 00:41.541 >> I THINK YOU KNOW IT IS AN EVOLVING SITUATION, WE’RE 00:41.575 --> 00:44.277 EVOLVING SITUATION, WE’RE MONITORING THE SITUATION 00:44.312 --> 00:44.645 MONITORING THE SITUATION CAREFULLY. 00:44.679 --> 00:46.947 CAREFULLY. THE SANCTIONS ARE READY TO GO. 00:46.948 --> 00:48.115 THE SANCTIONS ARE READY TO GO. WE’LL BE UPDATING THE PRESIDENT 00:48.149 --> 00:48.915 WE’LL BE UPDATING THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING. 00:48.917 --> 00:50.717 THIS MORNING. >> THERE’S GOING TO BE CRIPPLING 00:50.719 --> 00:51.852 >> THERE’S GOING TO BE CRIPPLING SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE 00:51.886 --> 00:53.821 SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE CONGRESS TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT 00:53.855 --> 00:54.721 CONGRESS TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION 00:54.723 --> 00:55.322 PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE. 00:55.323 --> 00:57.825 HAS DONE. WE’RE GOING TO SEND A SIGNAL TO 00:57.826 --> 01:02.629 WE’RE GOING TO SEND A SIGNAL TO TURKEY THAT IS UNMISTAKABLE IN 01:02.631 --> 01:04.931 TURKEY THAT IS UNMISTAKABLE IN THE WORLD AND WE’LL BREAK HIS 01:04.933 --> 01:07.568 THE WORLD AND WE’LL BREAK HIS ECONOMY UNTIL HE STOPS THE 01:07.569 --> 01:07.935 ECONOMY UNTIL HE STOPS THE BLOODSHED. 01:07.936 --> 01:09.837 BLOODSHED. >> THE TURKISH-LED OFFENSIVE 01:09.838 --> 01:11.572 >> THE TURKISH-LED OFFENSIVE SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN. 01:11.573 --> 01:13.040 SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN. OVER THE WEEKEND TURKEY CLAIMED 01:13.041 --> 01:14.975 OVER THE WEEKEND TURKEY CLAIMED IT CAPTURED AT LEAST ONE BORDER 01:14.976 --> 01:16.777 IT CAPTURED AT LEAST ONE BORDER TOWN ON THE SYRIAN SIDE. 01:16.778 --> 01:19.179 TOWN ON THE SYRIAN SIDE. SOMETHING NBC NEWS HAS NOT BEEN 01:19.180 --> 01:20.881 SOMETHING NBC NEWS HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY. 01:20.915 --> 01:22.983 ABLE TO VERIFY. KURDISH FORCES DISPUTE IT. 01:22.984 --> 01:24.751 KURDISH FORCES DISPUTE IT. DESPITE REPORTS OF THE ISIS FLAG 01:24.786 --> 01:26.387 DESPITE REPORTS OF THE ISIS FLAG BEING FLOWN IN THE SYRIAN 01:26.388 --> 01:28.489 BEING FLOWN IN THE SYRIAN COUNTRYSIDE ON SUNDAY, BOTH 01:28.490 --> 01:34.495 COUNTRYSIDE ON SUNDAY, BOTH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MARK ESPER 01:34.529 --> 01:36.230 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MARK ESPER AND DONALD TRUMP DEFENDED THE 01:36.264 --> 01:36.897 AND DONALD TRUMP DEFENDED THE REMOVAL OF U.S. TROOPS. 01:36.898 --> 01:38.399 REMOVAL OF U.S. TROOPS. >> WE’RE FACING U.S. FORCES IN A 01:38.400 --> 01:41.602 >> WE’RE FACING U.S. FORCES IN A TRAP BETWEEN A SYRIAN/RUSSIAN 01:41.637 --> 01:43.070 TRAP BETWEEN A SYRIAN/RUSSIAN ARMY MOVING NORTH TO TAKE ON THE 01:43.105 --> 01:44.505 ARMY MOVING NORTH TO TAKE ON THE TURKISH ARMY MOVING SOUTH. 01:44.506 --> 01:45.906 TURKISH ARMY MOVING SOUTH. I SPOKE WITH THE NATIONAL 01:45.907 --> 01:46.573 I SPOKE WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM YESTERDAY. 01:46.575 --> 01:47.908 SECURITY TEAM YESTERDAY. WE ALL TALKED ON THE PHONE. 01:47.943 --> 01:49.209 WE ALL TALKED ON THE PHONE. I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT. 01:49.211 --> 01:50.711 I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT. HE IS CONCERNED AND SO LAST 01:50.713 --> 01:55.115 HE IS CONCERNED AND SO LAST NIGHT HE DIRECTED THAT WE BEGIN 01:55.117 --> 01:56.985 NIGHT HE DIRECTED THAT WE BEGIN A DELIBERATE WITHDRAW FROM THE 01:57.019 --> 01:58.319 A DELIBERATE WITHDRAW FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF SYRIA. 01:58.354 --> 02:00.354 NORTHERN PART OF SYRIA. >> THE KURDS ARE INTENDING TO 02:00.389 --> 02:00.688 >> THE KURDS ARE INTENDING TO LEAVE. 02:00.689 --> 02:01.222 LEAVE. THAT’S GOOD. 02:01.256 --> 02:03.124 THAT’S GOOD. LET THEM HAVE THEIR BORDERS. 02:03.125 --> 02:04.759 LET THEM HAVE THEIR BORDERS. WITH YOU I DON’T THINK OUR 02:04.793 --> 02:06.427 WITH YOU I DON’T THINK OUR SOLDIERS SHOULD BE THERE FOR THE 02:06.461 --> 02:10.898 SOLDIERS SHOULD BE THERE FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS SS GUARDING A BORD 02:10.933 --> 02:14.802 NEXT 50 YEARS SS GUARDING A BORD BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA WHEN WE 02:14.804 --> 02:18.339 BETWEEN TURKEY AND SYRIA WHEN WE CAN’T GUARD OUR OWN BORDERS AT 02:18.373 --> 02:18.639 CAN’T GUARD OUR OWN BORDERS AT HOME. 02:18.640 --> 02:25.279 HOME. >>> JOINING ME NOW IS KIER 02:25.314 --> 02:33.421 >>> JOINING ME NOW IS KIER SIMMONS AND PETER CROWLEY. 02:33.422 --> 02:34.722 SIMMONS AND PETER CROWLEY. YOU’VE BEEN MONITORING THE 02:34.723 --> 02:35.823 YOU’VE BEEN MONITORING THE SITUATION THERE SINCE THE 02:35.824 --> 02:37.024 SITUATION THERE SINCE THE OFFENSIVE BEGAN. 02:37.026 --> 02:38.159 OFFENSIVE BEGAN. DESCRIBE WHAT IS HAPPENING ON 02:38.160 --> 02:39.627 DESCRIBE WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE MILITARY FRONT AS WELL AS 02:39.628 --> 02:44.065 THE MILITARY FRONT AS WELL AS THE HUMANITARIAN FRONT. 02:44.099 --> 02:46.868 THE HUMANITARIAN FRONT. >> WE SPENT THE DAY OPPOSITE THE 02:46.869 --> 02:48.770 >> WE SPENT THE DAY OPPOSITE THE TOWN OF KABANI. 02:48.771 --> 02:49.938 TOWN OF KABANI. YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT, THAT’S 02:49.972 --> 02:51.639 YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT, THAT’S WHERE U.S. FORCES TOGETHER WITH 02:51.640 --> 02:53.641 WHERE U.S. FORCES TOGETHER WITH THE KURDISH FORCES FOUGHT 02:53.642 --> 02:56.377 THE KURDISH FORCES FOUGHT AGAINST ISIS AND WON. 02:56.378 --> 03:01.482 AGAINST ISIS AND WON. THE U.S. BASE ABOVE KABANI IS 03:01.484 --> 03:01.850 THE U.S. BASE ABOVE KABANI IS EVACUATED. 03:01.851 --> 03:03.184 EVACUATED. AND THEY’RE WAITING FOR THE 03:03.219 --> 03:05.053 AND THEY’RE WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN-BACKED SYRIAN 03:05.087 --> 03:05.387 ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN-BACKED SYRIAN FORCES. 03:05.421 --> 03:07.288 FORCES. WHAT A WEEK FOR THAT ONE TOWN. 03:07.290 --> 03:09.624 WHAT A WEEK FOR THAT ONE TOWN. IN A SENSE THAT TOWN’S STORY IS 03:09.659 --> 03:13.361 IN A SENSE THAT TOWN’S STORY IS THE STORY OF SYRIA NOW WITH 03:13.363 --> 03:14.195 THE STORY OF SYRIA NOW WITH CHANGING ALLIANCES AND A 03:14.196 --> 03:15.497 CHANGING ALLIANCES AND A CHANGING PICTURE ON THE GROUND. 03:15.531 --> 03:18.400 CHANGING PICTURE ON THE GROUND. IT IS THE FOG OF WAR, SO I COULD 03:18.401 --> 03:19.701 IT IS THE FOG OF WAR, SO I COULD GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TOWNS 03:19.702 --> 03:21.203 GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TOWNS THAT APPEAR TO BE FOUGHT OVER 03:21.204 --> 03:22.938 THAT APPEAR TO BE FOUGHT OVER AND THE MAIN HIGHWAY, THE M4 03:22.972 --> 03:25.407 AND THE MAIN HIGHWAY, THE M4 THROUGH SYRIA, WHICH SEEMS TO BE 03:25.441 --> 03:27.008 THROUGH SYRIA, WHICH SEEMS TO BE DISPUTED AND THERE ARE CLASHES 03:27.010 --> 03:27.575 DISPUTED AND THERE ARE CLASHES OVER THAT. 03:27.610 --> 03:29.311 OVER THAT. IN THE END IT’S DIFFICULT TO 03:29.345 --> 03:31.280 IN THE END IT’S DIFFICULT TO TELL HONESTLY BECAUSE SOME -- 03:31.314 --> 03:34.516 TELL HONESTLY BECAUSE SOME -- MUCH OF THIS FIGHTING IS FROM 03:34.517 --> 03:36.418 MUCH OF THIS FIGHTING IS FROM TURKISH-BACKED MILITIAS, SO NOT 03:36.452 --> 03:41.056 TURKISH-BACKED MILITIAS, SO NOT THE REGULAR TURKISH ARMY, BUT A 03:41.090 --> 03:43.825 THE REGULAR TURKISH ARMY, BUT A RAGTAG GROUP OF FIGHTERS, THAT 03:43.859 --> 03:46.461 RAGTAG GROUP OF FIGHTERS, THAT INCLUDES ISLAMISTS AND REBELS 03:46.496 --> 03:47.296 INCLUDES ISLAMISTS AND REBELS WHO HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST 03:47.297 --> 03:48.630 WHO HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST PRESIDENT ASSAD FROM THE 03:48.665 --> 03:49.030 PRESIDENT ASSAD FROM THE BEGINNING. 03:49.032 --> 03:50.366 BEGINNING. NOW, OF COURSE, THAT GOES TO 03:50.400 --> 03:52.000 NOW, OF COURSE, THAT GOES TO EXPLAIN WHY THE SITUATION NOW IS 03:52.002 --> 03:52.834 EXPLAIN WHY THE SITUATION NOW IS SO DELICATE. 03:52.869 --> 03:55.537 SO DELICATE. AS THE KURDS DO A DEAL WITH 03:55.538 --> 03:59.674 AS THE KURDS DO A DEAL WITH PRESIDENT ASSAD IN DAMASCUS, 03:59.709 --> 04:02.311 PRESIDENT ASSAD IN DAMASCUS, THERE ARE THOSE ASSAD FORCES 04:02.312 --> 04:03.445 THERE ARE THOSE ASSAD FORCES COMING UP THROUGH THE COUNTRY 04:03.480 --> 04:05.580 COMING UP THROUGH THE COUNTRY THAT COULD MEET WITH THOSE 04:05.615 --> 04:08.217 THAT COULD MEET WITH THOSE TURKISH-BACKED MILITIA WHO HAVE 04:08.218 --> 04:10.619 TURKISH-BACKED MILITIA WHO HAVE ALWAYS VOWED TO FIGHT AGAINST 04:10.620 --> 04:10.953 ALWAYS VOWED TO FIGHT AGAINST DAMASCUS. 04:10.987 --> 04:12.388 DAMASCUS. IT’S A TRICKY SITUATION. 04:12.422 --> 04:14.056 IT’S A TRICKY SITUATION. IN THE BACKGROUND PRESIDENT 04:14.057 --> 04:16.358 IN THE BACKGROUND PRESIDENT PUTIN IS ABLE TO PICK UP THE 04:16.359 --> 04:18.160 PUTIN IS ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE TO PRESIDENT ASSAD AND 04:18.194 --> 04:18.494 PHONE TO PRESIDENT ASSAD AND ERDOGAN. 04:18.528 --> 04:20.362 ERDOGAN. YOU ASKED ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN 04:20.363 --> 04:20.729 YOU ASKED ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION. 04:20.730 --> 04:22.130 SITUATION. WE STILL HAVE THE SITUATION OF 04:22.132 --> 04:26.368 WE STILL HAVE THE SITUATION OF JUST THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS WHO 04:26.370 --> 04:26.835 JUST THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS WHO HAVE FLED. 04:26.836 --> 04:28.437 HAVE FLED. WE’VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE 04:28.438 --> 04:32.174 WE’VE SEEN SOME OF THOSE CIVILIANS CELEBRATING IRONICALLY 04:32.208 --> 04:34.443 CIVILIANS CELEBRATING IRONICALLY AS PRESIDENT I SAD’SASSAD’S FORC 04:34.477 --> 04:37.446 AS PRESIDENT I SAD’SASSAD’S FORC ARRIVED IN THE KURDISH AREAS, 04:37.447 --> 04:39.381 ARRIVED IN THE KURDISH AREAS, THAT TELLS YOU HOW DESPERATE 04:39.416 --> 04:40.849 THAT TELLS YOU HOW DESPERATE THEY’VE BEEN FACED WITH THE 04:40.884 --> 04:41.884 THEY’VE BEEN FACED WITH THE TURKISH MILITARY. 04:41.885 --> 04:44.186 TURKISH MILITARY. THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IS 04:44.221 --> 04:44.586 THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IS NOT GOOD. 04:44.588 --> 04:46.589 NOT GOOD. THERE ARE DOZENS OF CASUALTIES. 04:46.590 --> 04:48.290 THERE ARE DOZENS OF CASUALTIES. YOU COULD SAY PERHAPS YOU MIGHT 04:48.292 --> 04:49.925 YOU COULD SAY PERHAPS YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED MORE, BUT WHAT 04:49.960 --> 04:52.661 HAVE EXPECTED MORE, BUT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY FEAR IS THAT THIS 04:52.663 --> 04:55.497 PEOPLE REALLY FEAR IS THAT THIS ALL LEADS TO A CLASH BETWEEN 04:55.499 --> 04:58.768 ALL LEADS TO A CLASH BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE SYRIAN ARMY, AND 04:58.769 --> 05:00.603 TURKEY AND THE SYRIAN ARMY, AND OF COURSE THE SYRIANS BACKED BY 05:00.638 --> 05:02.204 OF COURSE THE SYRIANS BACKED BY IRAN AND RUSSIA AND JUST WHERE 05:02.206 --> 05:03.872 IRAN AND RUSSIA AND JUST WHERE ALL THAT LEADS. 05:03.907 --> 05:06.308 ALL THAT LEADS. ON THE OTHER HAND, I MENTIONED 05:06.310 --> 05:09.278 ON THE OTHER HAND, I MENTIONED PUTIN, PERHAPS PUTIN IS ABLE TO 05:09.280 --> 05:11.180 PUTIN, PERHAPS PUTIN IS ABLE TO GET A DEAL DONE THAT PREVENTS 05:11.181 --> 05:12.014 GET A DEAL DONE THAT PREVENTS THAT KIND OF CLASH. 05:12.049 --> 05:13.249 THAT KIND OF CLASH. I DON’T THINK WE COULD BE 05:13.283 --> 05:14.016 I DON’T THINK WE COULD BE CONFIDENT OF THAT. 05:14.017 --> 05:15.184 CONFIDENT OF THAT. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT THE 05:15.185 --> 05:17.420 >> LET’S TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING A LOT OF 05:17.421 --> 05:18.588 DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING A LOT OF NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. 05:18.589 --> 05:20.089 NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. THE POSSIBILITY OF HUNDREDS IF 05:20.091 --> 05:24.527 THE POSSIBILITY OF HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF ISIS FIGHTERS, 05:24.528 --> 05:25.528 NOT THOUSANDS OF ISIS FIGHTERS, SYMPATHIZERS, THEIR FAMILY 05:25.529 --> 05:27.029 SYMPATHIZERS, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS BEING LET OUT OF PRISONS 05:27.031 --> 05:29.131 MEMBERS BEING LET OUT OF PRISONS AS A RESULT OF THE TURKISH 05:29.133 --> 05:31.100 AS A RESULT OF THE TURKISH SHELLING OR PERHAPS ESCAPING 05:31.102 --> 05:32.835 SHELLING OR PERHAPS ESCAPING BECAUSE TURKISH FORCES PULL AWAY 05:32.869 --> 05:34.270 BECAUSE TURKISH FORCES PULL AWAY FROM SOME OF THOSE SECURE 05:34.304 --> 05:35.604 FROM SOME OF THOSE SECURE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY WERE 05:35.606 --> 05:36.739 LOCATIONS WHERE THEY WERE DETAINED WHAT ARE YOU HEARING 05:36.774 --> 05:38.140 DETAINED WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOME 05:38.142 --> 05:39.676 ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOME OF THESE SIGHTS AND THE RETURN, 05:39.710 --> 05:42.845 OF THESE SIGHTS AND THE RETURN, IF YOU WILL, OF THE RANKS OF 05:42.880 --> 05:46.782 IF YOU WILL, OF THE RANKS OF ISIS BACK INTO THE THEATER OF 05:46.817 --> 05:47.216 ISIS BACK INTO THE THEATER OF OPERATIONS? 05:47.218 --> 05:47.650 OPERATIONS? >> YEAH. 05:47.652 --> 05:50.620 >> YEAH. IT’S PRETTY CLEAR THAT AT LEAST 05:50.621 --> 05:53.323 IT’S PRETTY CLEAR THAT AT LEAST SOME ISIS MEMBERS WHO WERE IN A 05:53.324 --> 05:55.925 SOME ISIS MEMBERS WHO WERE IN A CAMP TOWARDS THE SOUTH HAVE 05:55.927 --> 05:56.259 CAMP TOWARDS THE SOUTH HAVE ESCAPED. 05:56.260 --> 05:57.760 ESCAPED. MOST OF THOSE ARE WOMEN AND 05:57.762 --> 05:58.127 MOST OF THOSE ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 05:58.129 --> 06:00.930 CHILDREN. SOME OF THEM ARE SERIOUS ISIS 06:00.932 --> 06:01.264 SOME OF THEM ARE SERIOUS ISIS FANATICS. 06:01.298 --> 06:04.834 FANATICS. AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT SOME OF 06:04.869 --> 06:08.471 AND IT DOES APPEAR THAT SOME OF THE JAILERS F YOU’D ER S FSHGSJA 06:08.473 --> 06:11.775 THE JAILERS F YOU’D ER S FSHGSJA KURDISH PRISONS WHERE MORE 06:11.809 --> 06:13.710 KURDISH PRISONS WHERE MORE SERIOUS ISIS FIGHTERS ARE HAVE 06:13.744 --> 06:14.344 SERIOUS ISIS FIGHTERS ARE HAVE WALKED AWAY. 06:14.345 --> 06:17.747 WALKED AWAY. IT’S IN THE KURDS INTEREST TO 06:17.748 --> 06:21.551 IT’S IN THE KURDS INTEREST TO SAY ITIES FIGHTSIS FIGHTERS WILL 06:21.552 --> 06:22.252 SAY ITIES FIGHTSIS FIGHTERS WILL RELEASED BECAUSE THAT PUTS 06:22.253 --> 06:22.953 RELEASED BECAUSE THAT PUTS PRESSURE ON AMERICA. 06:22.954 --> 06:25.055 PRESSURE ON AMERICA. THE REALITY IS THAT IF PRESIDENT 06:25.056 --> 06:26.489 THE REALITY IS THAT IF PRESIDENT ASSAD’S FORCES ARE FLOODING 06:26.491 --> 06:29.359 ASSAD’S FORCES ARE FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY HAVE NO 06:29.360 --> 06:30.961 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY HAVE NO SYMPATHY WITH ISIS. 06:30.962 --> 06:32.896 SYMPATHY WITH ISIS. SO IF THEY CAPTURE THOSE ISIS 06:32.931 --> 06:34.264 SO IF THEY CAPTURE THOSE ISIS MEMBERS, THEN I THINK THEIR 06:34.298 --> 06:36.500 MEMBERS, THEN I THINK THEIR FUTURE IS PRETTY BLEAK. 06:36.534 --> 06:37.768 FUTURE IS PRETTY BLEAK. IT’S DIFFICULT TO KNOW. 06:37.802 --> 06:39.302 IT’S DIFFICULT TO KNOW. THAT’S THE HONEST TRUTH. 06:39.304 --> 06:41.571 THAT’S THE HONEST TRUTH. THIS IS A MOVING, SHIFTING 06:41.572 --> 06:41.905 THIS IS A MOVING, SHIFTING CONFLICT. 06:41.939 --> 06:44.708 CONFLICT. A CHANGING EVERY HOUR. 06:44.709 --> 06:46.076 A CHANGING EVERY HOUR. EXACTLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO 06:46.110 --> 06:47.511 EXACTLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO SHAPE UP IS DIFFICULT. 06:47.545 --> 06:49.146 SHAPE UP IS DIFFICULT. CERTAINLY ISIS IS TRYING TO 06:49.180 --> 06:50.981 CERTAINLY ISIS IS TRYING TO REGROUP AND TRYING FOR A 06:50.982 --> 06:52.482 REGROUP AND TRYING FOR A RESURGENCE IN THE CHAOS. 06:52.484 --> 06:56.586 RESURGENCE IN THE CHAOS. >> LET ME BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE, 06:56.588 --> 06:58.722 >> LET ME BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE, RICHARD ENGEL INSIDE NORTHERN 06:58.723 --> 06:59.423 RICHARD ENGEL INSIDE NORTHERN SYRIA FOR US. 06:59.457 --> 07:01.659 SYRIA FOR US. HE HAS MANAGED TO JOIN US. 07:01.693 --> 07:02.025 HE HAS MANAGED TO JOIN US. ALL RIGHT. 07:02.060 --> 07:03.927 ALL RIGHT. SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST LOST 07:03.928 --> 07:05.162 SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE JUST LOST THAT CONNECTION WE WERE TRYING 07:05.196 --> 07:06.830 THAT CONNECTION WE WERE TRYING TO ESTABLISH WITH HIM AT THE TOP 07:06.864 --> 07:07.898 TO ESTABLISH WITH HIM AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. 07:07.932 --> 07:09.533 OF THE HOUR. PJ, LET ME COME TO YOU AND TALK 07:09.567 --> 07:10.067 PJ, LET ME COME TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT THIS. 07:10.101 --> 07:12.202 ABOUT THIS. WE CAN ALMOST GO POINT BY POINT 07:12.203 --> 07:13.737 WE CAN ALMOST GO POINT BY POINT FROM SOME OF THE PRESIDENT’S 07:13.771 --> 07:14.838 FROM SOME OF THE PRESIDENT’S JUSTIFICATIONS FOR WHAT HE DID 07:14.839 --> 07:16.340 JUSTIFICATIONS FOR WHAT HE DID AND PERHAPS THE ONE THAT STANDS 07:16.341 --> 07:17.308 AND PERHAPS THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST WAS THE PRESIDENT 07:17.342 --> 07:19.910 OUT THE MOST WAS THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE WANTED TO END ENDLESS 07:19.911 --> 07:20.711 SAYING HE WANTED TO END ENDLESS WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 07:20.712 --> 07:22.312 WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WE PLAYED THAT SOUND BYTE SAYING 07:22.314 --> 07:24.014 WE PLAYED THAT SOUND BYTE SAYING WE DON’T NEED TO HAVE U.S. 07:24.015 --> 07:26.450 WE DON’T NEED TO HAVE U.S. TROOPS GUARDING THE TURKEY/SYRIA 07:26.484 --> 07:28.919 TROOPS GUARDING THE TURKEY/SYRIA BORDER FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. 07:28.954 --> 07:30.454 BORDER FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. IRONICALLY THIS ADMINISTRATION 07:30.456 --> 07:32.723 IRONICALLY THIS ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY IT WAS 07:32.724 --> 07:33.924 ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY IT WAS SENDING ABOUT 3 MORE TROOPS TO 07:33.925 --> 07:35.325 SENDING ABOUT 3 MORE TROOPS TO SAUDI ARABIA, ALONG WITH FIGHTER 07:35.327 --> 07:36.927 SAUDI ARABIA, ALONG WITH FIGHTER JETS AND MISSILE DEFENSE 07:36.929 --> 07:38.228 JETS AND MISSILE DEFENSE WEAPONRY IN RESPONSE TO THE 07:38.230 --> 07:40.231 WEAPONRY IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTACK ON THAT COUNTRY’S OIL 07:40.232 --> 07:40.564 ATTACK ON THAT COUNTRY’S OIL FIELDS. 07:40.566 --> 07:41.866 FIELDS. THE U.S. CONTINUES TO SUPPORT 07:41.900 --> 07:43.101 THE U.S. CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SAUDI ARABIA IN AN ENDLESS WAR 07:43.134 --> 07:46.570 SAUDI ARABIA IN AN ENDLESS WAR IN YEMEN, NOT TO MENTION WHAT’S 07:46.571 --> 07:48.072 IN YEMEN, NOT TO MENTION WHAT’S TAKING PLACE IN LIBYA AND 07:48.073 --> 07:48.439 TAKING PLACE IN LIBYA AND ELSEWHERE. 07:48.440 --> 07:50.441 ELSEWHERE. THIS IS, IT SEEMS, AN 07:50.442 --> 07:51.876 THIS IS, IT SEEMS, AN EXPLANATION THAT FALLS FLAT ON 07:51.910 --> 07:53.544 EXPLANATION THAT FALLS FLAT ON ITS FACE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 07:53.578 --> 07:53.877 ITS FACE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACTS. 07:53.879 --> 07:56.480 FACTS. >> THIS IS, I THINK, A STRATEGIC 07:56.482 --> 07:59.483 >> THIS IS, I THINK, A STRATEGIC DISASTER FOR THE UNITED STATES. 07:59.517 --> 08:02.820 DISASTER FOR THE UNITED STATES. THE FACT IS THAT THE SYRIAN 08:02.854 --> 08:04.988 THE FACT IS THAT THE SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES, THE SDF OF 08:04.990 --> 08:06.557 DEMOCRATIC FORCES, THE SDF OF WHICH THE KURDS DOMINATE, THEY 08:06.558 --> 08:08.192 WHICH THE KURDS DOMINATE, THEY WERE THE ONES WHO WERE DOING THE 08:08.193 --> 08:09.894 WERE THE ONES WHO WERE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING IN TERMS OF 08:09.895 --> 08:11.596 HEAVY LIFTING IN TERMS OF FIGHTING AGAINST THE ISLAMIC 08:11.597 --> 08:15.166 FIGHTING AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE CALIPHATE AND SECURING THE 08:15.167 --> 08:17.501 STATE CALIPHATE AND SECURING THE TERRITORY PENDING SOME SORT OF 08:17.536 --> 08:18.335 TERRITORY PENDING SOME SORT OF POLITICAL RESOLUTION. 08:18.370 --> 08:20.371 POLITICAL RESOLUTION. THAT MAY WELL HAVE BEEN FAR OFF, 08:20.372 --> 08:21.506 THAT MAY WELL HAVE BEEN FAR OFF, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE 08:21.540 --> 08:25.176 BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN UP IS ALL 08:25.210 --> 08:27.278 PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN UP IS ALL FORMS OF LEVERAGE HERE. 08:27.279 --> 08:28.880 FORMS OF LEVERAGE HERE. WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU 08:28.881 --> 08:30.515 WHATEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD IN SYRIA, 08:30.516 --> 08:31.482 KNOW, GOING FORWARD IN SYRIA, THE UNITED STATES LOST ITS 08:31.484 --> 08:33.417 THE UNITED STATES LOST ITS ABILITY TO DICTATE ANY KIND OF 08:33.419 --> 08:35.019 ABILITY TO DICTATE ANY KIND OF RESOLUTION THAT IS CONSISTENT 08:35.054 --> 08:36.387 RESOLUTION THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH U.S. INTERESTS. 08:36.422 --> 08:37.822 WITH U.S. INTERESTS. >> ANOTHER POINT, THE 08:37.857 --> 08:39.590 >> ANOTHER POINT, THE PRESIDENT’S ATTITUDE HAS BEEN ON 08:39.625 --> 08:42.994 PRESIDENT’S ATTITUDE HAS BEEN ON THIS ISSUE, LET THEM FIGHT IT 08:42.995 --> 08:43.227 THIS ISSUE, LET THEM FIGHT IT OUT. 08:43.262 --> 08:45.529 OUT. HE MAKES WRETCH FRENS SS REFEREN 08:45.531 --> 08:46.464 HE MAKES WRETCH FRENS SS REFEREN CENTURIES OLD BATTLES. 08:46.498 --> 08:48.333 CENTURIES OLD BATTLES. >> WHAT IS THE RISK IN ADOPTING 08:48.367 --> 08:51.203 >> WHAT IS THE RISK IN ADOPTING THE PRESIDENT’S POLICY OR 08:51.237 --> 08:52.737 THE PRESIDENT’S POLICY OR APPROACH WHICH IS LET THE TURKS 08:52.772 --> 08:54.639 APPROACH WHICH IS LET THE TURKS AND KURDS FIGHT THIS OUT. 08:54.640 --> 08:56.207 AND KURDS FIGHT THIS OUT. HOW COULD THAT IMPACT AND SPILL 08:56.242 --> 08:56.541 HOW COULD THAT IMPACT AND SPILL OVER? 08:56.542 --> 08:57.842 OVER? >> WE CREATED A VACUUM. 08:57.843 --> 08:59.811 >> WE CREATED A VACUUM. WHO IS LIKELY TO TAKE FULL 08:59.812 --> 09:01.412 WHO IS LIKELY TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT VACUUM? 09:01.414 --> 09:04.615 ADVANTAGE OF THAT VACUUM? YOU KNOW, RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA, 09:04.617 --> 09:06.317 YOU KNOW, RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA, AND POTENTIALLY AS WE WERE JUST 09:06.319 --> 09:08.153 AND POTENTIALLY AS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE 09:08.187 --> 09:08.687 TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ISLAMIC STATE. 09:08.721 --> 09:10.955 ISLAMIC STATE. LAST TIME I CHECKED, ANY TIME 09:10.990 --> 09:13.057 LAST TIME I CHECKED, ANY TIME RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA AND THE 09:13.059 --> 09:14.259 RUSSIA, IRAN, SYRIA AND THE ISLAMIC STATE ARE HAPPY, THAT’S 09:14.260 --> 09:17.362 ISLAMIC STATE ARE HAPPY, THAT’S NOT A SITUATION THAT IS 09:17.363 --> 09:18.296 NOT A SITUATION THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE UNITED 09:18.331 --> 09:18.964 CONSISTENT WITH THE UNITED STATES INTEREST. 09:18.998 --> 09:21.066 STATES INTEREST. >> PJ WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IRAN 09:21.067 --> 09:22.501 >> PJ WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW IRAN MAY BE ONE OF THE COUNTRIES 09:22.535 --> 09:23.935 MAY BE ONE OF THE COUNTRIES FILLING IN THE VACUUMS. 09:23.936 --> 09:26.438 FILLING IN THE VACUUMS. TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THE 09:26.439 --> 09:29.174 TALK TO US ABOUT HOW THE ALLIANCE OF SYRIA, THE SYRIAN 09:29.175 --> 09:30.842 ALLIANCE OF SYRIA, THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT, I SHOULD SAY, RUSSIA 09:30.843 --> 09:32.644 GOVERNMENT, I SHOULD SAY, RUSSIA AND IRAN COULD, IN FACT, CHANGE 09:32.645 --> 09:34.279 AND IRAN COULD, IN FACT, CHANGE THE BALANCE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING 09:34.280 --> 09:37.382 THE BALANCE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE SYRIA. 09:37.383 --> 09:39.885 INSIDE SYRIA. >> THAT ALONE HAS ALREADY 09:39.886 --> 09:41.286 >> THAT ALONE HAS ALREADY CHANGED THE BALANCE INSIDE 09:41.321 --> 09:41.586 CHANGED THE BALANCE INSIDE SYRIA. 09:41.587 --> 09:43.688 SYRIA. THIS WEEK, WE ARE SEEING ANOTHER 09:43.689 --> 09:44.355 THIS WEEK, WE ARE SEEING ANOTHER PROFOUND SHIFT. 09:44.390 --> 09:46.491 PROFOUND SHIFT. I THINK THERE ARE TWO THINGS TO 09:46.525 --> 09:47.792 I THINK THERE ARE TWO THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT. 09:47.794 --> 09:50.262 SAY ABOUT THAT. FIRSTLY, IF THERE IS A CONFLICT 09:50.296 --> 09:54.599 FIRSTLY, IF THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE SYRIAN 09:54.600 --> 09:56.201 BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE SYRIAN ARMY, RUN FROM DAMASCUS, THAT 09:56.235 --> 09:57.736 ARMY, RUN FROM DAMASCUS, THAT COULD SUCK IN IRAN. 09:57.770 --> 09:59.304 COULD SUCK IN IRAN. IRAN AND RUSSIA SUPPORT 09:59.305 --> 10:01.306 IRAN AND RUSSIA SUPPORT PRESIDENT ASSAD AND DAMASCUS. 10:01.340 --> 10:01.973 PRESIDENT ASSAD AND DAMASCUS. THAT’S ONE THING. 10:02.008 --> 10:03.375 THAT’S ONE THING. ANOTHER THING IS THERE ARE STILL 10:03.376 --> 10:05.677 ANOTHER THING IS THERE ARE STILL U.S. FORCES, SPECIAL FORCES 10:05.678 --> 10:06.578 U.S. FORCES, SPECIAL FORCES INSIDE SYRIA. 10:06.579 --> 10:10.415 INSIDE SYRIA. THEY ARE IN AN AREA TOWARDS THE 10:10.416 --> 10:11.383 THEY ARE IN AN AREA TOWARDS THE ISRAELI BORDER AND JORDAN. 10:11.384 --> 10:12.818 ISRAELI BORDER AND JORDAN. IF THE U.S. GOT TO A POINT WHERE 10:12.852 --> 10:15.254 IF THE U.S. GOT TO A POINT WHERE IT FELT IT HAD TO WITHDRAW THOSE 10:15.288 --> 10:16.822 IT FELT IT HAD TO WITHDRAW THOSE TROOPS OR, INDEED, IF THE 10:16.823 --> 10:18.190 TROOPS OR, INDEED, IF THE PRESIDENT JUST MAKES A GUT 10:18.191 --> 10:19.792 PRESIDENT JUST MAKES A GUT INSTINCT DECISION TO WITHDRAW 10:19.793 --> 10:21.493 INSTINCT DECISION TO WITHDRAW ALL U.S. TROOPS FROM SYRIA, THAT 10:21.495 --> 10:23.528 ALL U.S. TROOPS FROM SYRIA, THAT WILL HAVE ISRAEL VERY, VERY 10:23.530 --> 10:23.829 WILL HAVE ISRAEL VERY, VERY WORRIED. 10:23.864 --> 10:25.664 WORRIED. THOSE TROOPS ARE THERE, MUCH 10:25.699 --> 10:28.200 THOSE TROOPS ARE THERE, MUCH LIKE THE U.S. FORCES IN THE 10:28.202 --> 10:30.736 LIKE THE U.S. FORCES IN THE NORTH OF THE COUNTRY WERE THERE 10:30.770 --> 10:31.770 NORTH OF THE COUNTRY WERE THERE TO SUPPORT THE KURDS, THOSE 10:31.805 --> 10:33.339 TO SUPPORT THE KURDS, THOSE TROOPS ARE THERE TO HOLD BACK 10:33.340 --> 10:35.841 TROOPS ARE THERE TO HOLD BACK IRAN AND IRANIAN FORCES IN SYRIA 10:35.843 --> 10:37.643 IRAN AND IRANIAN FORCES IN SYRIA AND TO CREATE A BUFFER AGAINST 10:37.677 --> 10:39.845 AND TO CREATE A BUFFER AGAINST MORE TENSION WITH ISRAEL. 10:39.846 --> 10:42.281 MORE TENSION WITH ISRAEL. THE IRANIANS CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN 10:42.315 --> 10:43.549 THE IRANIANS CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN IN ALL OF THIS. 10:43.583 --> 10:45.284 IN ALL OF THIS. THEY’RE LOOMING. 10:45.318 --> 10:47.152 THEY’RE LOOMING. THEY CAN BE SUCKED IN MORE. 10:47.153 --> 10:49.554 THEY CAN BE SUCKED IN MORE. BY THE WAY, ALL OF THIS COULD 10:49.556 --> 10:50.956 BY THE WAY, ALL OF THIS COULD LEAD TO A SITUATION WHERE 10:50.957 --> 10:52.958 LEAD TO A SITUATION WHERE AMERICA GETS SUCKED BACK INTO 10:52.959 --> 10:53.759 AMERICA GETS SUCKED BACK INTO THE CONFLICT. 10:53.760 --> 10:55.427 THE CONFLICT. YOU JUST DON’T KNOW HOW THESE 10:55.429 --> 10:56.762 YOU JUST DON’T KNOW HOW THESE EVENTS WILL PLAY OUT. 10:56.797 --> 11:00.199 EVENTS WILL PLAY OUT. >> INTERESTING POINT. 11:00.233 --> 11:02.768 >> INTERESTING POINT. PJ, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE 11:02.802 --> 11:06.238 PJ, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF THIS. 11:06.273 --> 11:07.740 DOMESTIC POLITICS OF THIS. NANCY PELOSI TWEETING THAT SHE 11:07.741 --> 11:12.378 NANCY PELOSI TWEETING THAT SHE AND LINDSEY GRAHAM HAVE COME TO 11:12.412 --> 11:14.914 AND LINDSEY GRAHAM HAVE COME TO A STRONGER SANCTIONS PACKAGE 11:14.948 --> 11:16.282 A STRONGER SANCTIONS PACKAGE THAN THE WHITE HOUSE IS 11:16.283 --> 11:16.682 THAN THE WHITE HOUSE IS SUGGESTING. 11:16.683 --> 11:17.950 SUGGESTING. LET ME GET YOUR THOUGHTS. 11:17.951 --> 11:19.652 LET ME GET YOUR THOUGHTS. CAN THE DECISION TO PULL OUT OF 11:19.653 --> 11:21.587 CAN THE DECISION TO PULL OUT OF NORTHERN SYRIA BE UNDONE BY 11:21.622 --> 11:23.489 NORTHERN SYRIA BE UNDONE BY DOMESTIC POLITICAL PRESSURE 11:23.490 --> 11:25.257 DOMESTIC POLITICAL PRESSURE APPLIED BY CONGRESS ON THE 11:25.292 --> 11:25.958 APPLIED BY CONGRESS ON THE PRESIDENT? 11:25.959 --> 11:27.793 PRESIDENT? SECOND, WOULD SANCTIONS ON 11:27.794 --> 11:29.395 SECOND, WOULD SANCTIONS ON TURKEY, YOU THINK FROM YOUR 11:29.429 --> 11:31.163 TURKEY, YOU THINK FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF TURKISH 11:31.198 --> 11:33.299 UNDERSTANDING OF TURKISH POLITICS AND PRESIDENT ERDOGAN’S 11:33.333 --> 11:34.867 POLITICS AND PRESIDENT ERDOGAN’S MENTALITY WORK AT THIS POINT? 11:34.902 --> 11:37.170 MENTALITY WORK AT THIS POINT? >> WELL, SANCTIONS CAN BE AN 11:37.171 --> 11:40.006 >> WELL, SANCTIONS CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL, BUT THEY TAKE 11:40.041 --> 11:40.306 EFFECTIVE TOOL, BUT THEY TAKE TIME. 11:40.307 --> 11:41.874 TIME. BY THE TIME SANCTIONS WOULD 11:41.909 --> 11:43.710 BY THE TIME SANCTIONS WOULD REALLY TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE 11:43.711 --> 11:46.813 REALLY TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE TURKISH ECONOMY, CHANCES ARE 11:46.814 --> 11:48.181 TURKISH ECONOMY, CHANCES ARE PRESIDENT ERDOGAN WHO HAS HIS 11:48.182 --> 11:50.016 PRESIDENT ERDOGAN WHO HAS HIS OWN DOMESTIC POLITICAL 11:50.051 --> 11:51.117 OWN DOMESTIC POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS, WILL HAVE 11:51.118 --> 11:52.752 CONSIDERATIONS, WILL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HE WANTS TO 11:52.786 --> 11:54.587 ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HE WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH IN SYRIA, WHICH IS TO 11:54.588 --> 11:56.422 ACCOMPLISH IN SYRIA, WHICH IS TO ELIMINATE THE PROSPECT OF A 11:56.423 --> 11:59.025 ELIMINATE THE PROSPECT OF A KURDISH AUTONOMOUS REGION, YOU 11:59.026 --> 12:04.130 KURDISH AUTONOMOUS REGION, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IN IRAQ. 12:04.131 --> 12:05.832 KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IN IRAQ. SO, YES, OVER THE LONG-TERM 12:05.833 --> 12:07.100 SO, YES, OVER THE LONG-TERM SANCTIONS CAN HAVE AN EFFECT. 12:07.101 --> 12:09.836 SANCTIONS CAN HAVE AN EFFECT. BUT IT’S NOT LIKELY TO DETER 12:09.870 --> 12:12.639 BUT IT’S NOT LIKELY TO DETER ERDOGAN IN WHAT HE’S TRYING TO 12:12.640 --> 12:16.042 ERDOGAN IN WHAT HE’S TRYING TO DO IN THE SHORT TO MITTDTERM. 12:16.043 --> 12:17.477 DO IN THE SHORT TO MITTDTERM. I DON’T THINK IT’S A GREAT IDEA 12:17.511 --> 12:20.913 I DON’T THINK IT’S A GREAT IDEA FOR CONGRESS TO BECOME A 12:20.915 --> 12:21.448 FOR CONGRESS TO BECOME A CO-COMMANDER IN CHIEF. 12:21.482 --> 12:24.017 CO-COMMANDER IN CHIEF. CONGRESS HAS POWERS IN TERMS OF 12:24.051 --> 12:25.852 CONGRESS HAS POWERS IN TERMS OF SHAPING FOREIGN POLICY, BUT THE 12:25.886 --> 12:30.890 SHAPING FOREIGN POLICY, BUT THE PRESIDENT IS COMMANDER IN CHIEF. 12:30.925 --> 12:32.158 PRESIDENT IS COMMANDER IN CHIEF. HE HAS SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 12:32.193 --> 12:35.962 HE HAS SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS WITH RESPECT TO THE 12:35.963 --> 12:36.329 AND POWERS WITH RESPECT TO THE MILITARY. 12:36.364 --> 12:39.366 MILITARY. BUT THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, HE HAS 12:39.400 --> 12:40.934 BUT THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, HE HAS DONE SOMETHING WHICH I THINK IN 12:40.968 --> 12:44.637 DONE SOMETHING WHICH I THINK IN SOME SEGMENT OF AMERICAN 12:44.639 --> 12:46.473 SOME SEGMENT OF AMERICAN POPULATION WILL BE POPULAR. 12:46.474 --> 12:49.276 POPULATION WILL BE POPULAR. REMOVING TROOPS FROM HARM’S WAY, 12:49.310 --> 12:51.311 REMOVING TROOPS FROM HARM’S WAY, BUT HE’S DONE IT, IN THE WORST 12:51.345 --> 12:51.945 BUT HE’S DONE IT, IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY. 12:51.946 --> 12:53.480 POSSIBLE WAY. THE IMAGE NOW OF THE MIDDLE EAST 12:53.481 --> 12:54.481 THE IMAGE NOW OF THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE UNITED STATES STEPPED TO 12:54.482 --> 12:56.450 IS THE UNITED STATES STEPPED TO THE SIDE, OTHERS ARE STEPPING 12:56.451 --> 12:58.085 THE SIDE, OTHERS ARE STEPPING FORWARD, THEY’RE PROVING TO BE 12:58.086 --> 13:01.288 FORWARD, THEY’RE PROVING TO BE MORE RELIABLE ALLIES, RUSSIA IN 13:01.289 --> 13:02.289 MORE RELIABLE ALLIES, RUSSIA IN PARTICULAR THAT WILL HAVE A 13:02.290 --> 13:04.992 PARTICULAR THAT WILL HAVE A LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCE IN TERMS 13:04.993 --> 13:06.994 LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCE IN TERMS OF PERCEPTIONS OF AMERICAN 13:06.995 --> 13:07.995 OF PERCEPTIONS OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN AN IMPORTANT PART 13:07.996 --> 13:08.662 LEADERSHIP IN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORLD. 13:08.663 --> 13:09.897 OF THE WORLD. >> IT’S QUITE INCREDIBLE WHEN 13:09.931 --> 13:14.135 >> IT’S QUITE INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE PRESSURE THE 13:14.168 --> 13:15.903 YOU THINK OF THE PRESSURE THE PRESIDENT FACED FROM HIS OWN 13:15.936 --> 13:17.137 PRESIDENT FACED FROM HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING THE