gathering on the syrian border in preparation for a ground operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria. the kurds supported the united states over the last four years in the fight against irish. erdogan reportedly promised president trump last week that he would finish off battling isis, clearing the way for the trump administration announcement of the troop withdrawal. despite turkish support of the withdrawal, to row for an attack against kurdish forces u.s. allies such as france saw the announcement as a betrayal of the u.s.-backed fighters. [speaking french] translator: we owe it to fight those underground who took up arms to fight terrorists, those were the kurds in syria. reporter: the trump administration s decision to withdraw all u.s. troops from syria has not only forced the external rebuying, but also rebuke, but also internal with james mattis and brett mcgurk
service uniform division officers attempted to speak with a male summit when he crossed subject when he crossed over a barrier and woo a re into a restricted area. he was arrested for unlawful entry, so another not-boring day at the white house. jon: and i m sure there will be many more ahead. ellison, thank you. well, general mattis just one of two high-level national security officials to step down as the u.s. prepares to withdraw troops from syria. u.s. envoy to the anti-isis coalition brett mcgurk also resigned in protest. here s former defense secretary leon panetta on why he finds the situation so concerning. if you re in the white house where you really have to look at the situation and try to do what with you can to try to provide a little better stability for the country. there s just too much chaos, too many crises going on. i ve been in politics over 50 years in a number of positions,
he pledged allegiance to isis before the shooting. investigators found a video of his pledge on a usb device. the gunman died days after the strasbourg attack that killed five people. a deadly tsunami hitting indonesia with no warning. waves ripping structures apart in secs, killing at least 200 people and injuring hundreds more. scientists say an undersea volcanic eruption likely caused it. president trump tweeting: unthinkable devastation in indonesia, more than 200 dead and nearly 1,000 injured or unaccounted for. we are praying for recovery and healing, america is with you. jeff paul is following the story from los angeles. jeff? reporter: jon, the number of dead likely the rise with still many missing, and rescue crews unable to physically get to all the devastated areas to search. the waves in some cases were as high as 65 feet as they crashed onto the island that was full of
huge loss tweeting yesterday, the fact that you say you don t know brett mcgurk speaks volumes to your commitment about fighting isis @real donald trump. why don t you know the man who s done more than any civilian to defeat isis? i can assure you barack obama knows him well. president trump s brand new chief of staff says mcgurk never briefed the president. chris: how is it possible that the president doesn t know the envoy who has been representing the u.s. to the coalition for the last two years? because the president s dealing with the secretary of state and the secretary of defense. despite what people think, the white house is not grand central station. reporter: pentagon sources tell fox news to expect more and continuous resignations in response to president trump s decision to withdraw american troops from syria. jon? jon: gillian turner, thanks. new details on the man who opened fire on a christmas market in france earlier this month. a french judicial official says
ground that might at some point face of directly with iranian militia or soldiers is such a good idea because that could be the first step towards a major war in the region there. which other countries he was talking about also i don t know him a number of countries are already part of the anti isis coalition in the region so yeah it wasn t really clear what donald trump was talking about there. and that s how it is he keeps everybody guessing and then some of his statements are walked back by his spokespeople several gets so i wouldn t put too much into it until we see really a change of strategy by the u.s. or an announcement from some of the regional powers that they will do more or that they will pay more for any efforts there in the region it was also quite puzzling with donald trump saying he wanted to block iran from the mediterranean basically