be back here at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. check us out on social media. now with the fabulous ha hair now with her fabulous haircut, katy tur. people ask me all the time when i am outside, are you guys as close as you seem or friendly as they seem? totally are. really great. yeah yes. okay, we ll move onto the news. guys, thank you so much. it is 2:00 p.m. in the east and noon in el paso texas, president trump will hold a campaign rally something he usually does on very trump friendly territory. el paso is not trump friendly. he lost the county by 40 points in 2016. hundreds are expected to protest the president s visit led by el paso s own beto o rourke. they are anger how trump
defend the pullout on syria. tensions are rising today. u.s. officials say syrian troops robert outskirts of a kurdish held city captured from isis in 2016. hundreds of american troops are in the city of manbij along with kurdish partners. they welcome the troops. they don t want to give the city to turkey who would be seen as invaders. writing in the the washington post today president obama s ambassador to syria says he supports trump s decision to pull out, quote: holding northeast syria would have not have enabled washington to leverage any important concessions from damascus tehran, or moscow. only syrians, not u.s. troops and stabilization teams could reverse that we would do well to be humbler about our abilities, especially in the fails of sustained widespread regional hostility. officials tell me there is no immediate plans to evacuate those troops currently in manbij, syria expected to take months.
the future of security. the afghan president met with john kerry and defense secretary of state ash carter on monday as well. they pledged to keep funding afghan security through 2016. hundreds took to the streets protesting the killing of a young woman. she was accused of burning the koran. she was beaten set on fire and tossed into a river. in the meantime there are growing concerns that isis might be even trying to expand even further by recruiting members in afghanistan. cnn has obtained rare video which shows how the militants are trying to convince afghans to join their ranks. nick payton walsh has the exclusive report from kabul. reporter: where there has long been faith and war in afghanistan, serene hills a new