shutdown. the media has him boxed in. sara: some comparing this to george h.w. bush's read my lips, no new taxes. when you verbally promise something with cameras involved, you have to be ready for pushback. that's what donald trump is facing. howie: the withdrawal of the 2,000 troops in syria was portrayed as a shocker. but trump did say during the campaign that he's opposed to suspended or endless military entanglements overseas. is he up against the military establishment? mollie: it's actually kind of a crisis. you see the stories about pulling back our presence in syria. that is true that a lot of people in the foreign policy establishment all think the same way.