that announcement last night. brian: stunning. the white house says it s clearing the way for turkish troops to invade. isn t this great? take control of captured isis fighters who have been imprisoned by us. ainsley: ellison barber joins us from washington with what this means. good morning there are numerous reports sources in northeast syria are already pulling back and withdrawing from the area near the border with turkey president trump spoke on the phone with turkish president erdogan late last night. the white house confirmed that call and announced the u.s. withdrawal of u.s. forces in northeast syria. clear the way for a turkish assault. stephanie grisham said this the united states armed forces will not support or be involved nut operation and united states forces, having defeated the isis territorial caliphate will no longer be in the immediate area. turkey will now be responsible for all isis fighters in the area captured over the past two years.
conversation with erdogan late last night. the islamic state is not defeated in syria or anywhere else for that matter. as the ap puts it quote despite losing its caliphate, tens of thousands of isis fighters remain. tens of thousands of isis fighters remain on the battlefield. the group continues to carry out insurgent attacks and could else move back into the territory it once had once american forces withdraw. the nonpartisan public policy research group the american enterprise institute notes isis still remains in the middle east and has developed stronger foot holds in africa. let s bring in now the author of that report senior analyst at the critical threads project at the american enterprise institute emily astell.
in the head fake stage. it s all talking points and no one is going anywhere. this thing isn t going anywhere at this point. you heard him say it could last into the new congress. nancy pelosi and the democrats take control of the house. pelosi said she is going to pass a spending bill to reopen the government. it has been demonstrated that there are the votes in the senate to go along with what the house does. that is a semantic difference that is proving to be crucial in all of this. the president is, of course, home alone. he is with the first lady who travelled back. as long as the president has time on his hands and his phone in his hands then things could change at least in terms of public pronouncements. last night the president put out a series of tweets including one