this out for? and when might we see turkish ground forces inside to syria? we heard reports of a turkish ground operation here in te tel abyad. that whether it happened or not, apparently the turkish forces have now withdrawn or simply hiding somewhere that we can t see. but in the meantime, john, it s the civilians suffering. president erdogan said the whole purpose of this operation was to resettle syrian refugees. but what we are seeing are thousands and thousands of people being forced from their home. john? i ll take it, clarissa. thank you very much for that and for being on the ground for us so you can report what you re seeing with your own eyes. it is so helpful. many republicans are expressing their anger about president trump s decision to pull u.s. troops out of northern syria. that move effectively green lit the turkish assault on kurdish forces. the same forces who fought alongside u.s. troops against isis. president trump is now down playing that alliance. cnn s nick p
orrin has written an opinion column for cnn.com. he writes the hamas military strategy includes a sophisticated media campaign. in his words hamas can count on one of the world s most powerful weapons, the international media. michael is also a cnn middle east analyst and joins me live from tel aviv. mr. ambassador, welcome back. let me begin with the crux of your piece. you say hamas has this calculated media strategy to use international media to show images of civilians suffering, but isn t that part of the story? well, good to be with you, brooke. over the last almost now two weeks that the operation has been conducted, between israel and hamas in the gaza strip, audiences throughout the world have watched televisions and seen hundreds of hours of air time devoted to palestinian casualties. now, palestinian casualties on both sides, palestinians, israelis are a tragedy. but the focus on the palestinian