everything they had in the back of a pickup truck. they had 1,000 syrian lire, the equivalent of $2 in their pockets, and no plan. she said they don t know where they going, they just are leaving the war zone, they said any place is better than there. the kurds have no protection. and already hundreds have died, several hundred thousand have been displaced. reporter: david phillips is a veteran american diplomat and the author of the great betrayal: how america abandoned the kurds. syrian kurds love the united states, they love america. not only because we protected them, but because of what we represent. we ostensibly stand for human rights and democracy, and this is what they aspire to as well. syrian kurds now feel betrayed, embittered, they ve been abandoned. the blood of these victims is on trump s hands. reporter: this family traveled over 100 miles to escape the killing and found refuge in an empty school.
indicator. this economy, under the trump tax cut, the regulation, cheap energy and trade reform, is a great thing. i want to get you to some international issues here. as you heard, we have new reporting this morning, that president trump in a phone call with president xi in june of this year, promised the chinese president that he would stay silent on protests in hong kong. while the trade talks continue. that s a remarkable position for a u.s. president to take, considering our historic support for human rights and democracy you assert that as a fact, though. and i read that story carefully, and jim, from a journalistic point of view. are you denying that the president made that statement hang on. i wasn t privy to that phone call. but here s what i do know. that story had, what, sources, what, familiar with the thing, who are these people? it s a frequent point to go to the sources. and by the way, the president s public comments, after that call, give china a pass. gi
front line of whether there will be human rights and democracy in the world. it s a weak country that needs our help. it s not a country we should be corrupting. it s a country we should be trying to help. it s become lost in the story, the military aid that was hung up was to protect them against the russians. a quick break near our coverage. our guest has agreed to stay with us. coming up, more on how to defend our nation from coups, corruption, civil war when we come back. get stuck under mike s d, when come back. re., when we come back. but super poligrip gives him a tight seal. to help block out food particles. so he can enjoy the game. super poligrip. this melting pot of impacted species. everywhere is going to get touched by climate change.
of whether there will be human rights and democracy in the world. it s a weak country that needs our help. it s not a country we should be corrupting. it s a country we should be trying to help. yeah, it s become somewhat lost in the story. the military aid that was hung up was to protect them against the russians. a quick break here in our coverage. our guest has agreed to stay with us. coming up, more on how to defend our nation from coups, corruption, civil war when we come back.
went. tomorrow house speaker pelosi will be joined by committee chairman adam schiff who for now has the lead in the impeachment investigation. one of the central figures in the inquiry, trump personal lawyer rudy giuliani has hired his own lawyer to represent him as he now faces a subpoena for documents. jon sale, former watergate prosecutor, assistant u.s. attorney for southern florida is the man. here is rudy from tonight s appearance on fox news just within the past hour. i had a couple of talks with civil rights lawyers and constitutional lawyer today. here s what they are recommending, we should bring a lawsuit on behalf of the president and several people in the administration, maybe even myself as a lawyer against the members of congress individually for violating constitutional rights, violating civil rights. they re doing extraordinary things.