Stonewalling an impeachment investigation against donald trump. Aca and violent clashes in barcelona on a 2nd day of protests over the jailing of 9 separatist leaders. Turkeys president about iran has dismissed a proposal for a cease fire in northeast and syria insisting the operation will continue until his countrys objectives have been achieved agency Doctors Without Borders says its now been forced to suspend the majority of its work in the region because of the offensive and as the operation continues russia says its troops are now on patrol in Northern Syria then a halt to reports. The russians moved in after the americans moved out in a deliberate withdrawal the city of mumbai is moscows latest victory in syria its military police now patrols a front line that separates the turkish syrian armys their presence stops a turkish led military advance towards the city which sits on the m 4 highway a main logistics and commercial route that runs to the iraqi border the city also connect
High noon here in the east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. New today, president obama is considering changes to the planned troop drawdown in afghanistan. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter made the comments today in that country, his first trip there since being sworn in. Heres what he said. Our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president ghanis security strategy. Nbcs Kristen Welker is live at the white house for us. With a good day to you although certainly the weather isnt that great for you, but why is the president considering this drawdown right now . Reporter i think a couple of reasons. The United States has a much closer partnership with the new Afghan Government than it did with the former government of President Hamid karzai. Secretary carter said the hopeful outlook of the relationship with afghanistan is one of the reasons the president is