Against isis. general, thanks so much for being here. what do you make of the people throughout the trump administration, especially in the military, prepared and frankly concerned that president trump is going to make the same announcement about afghanistan that he made about syria. well, it s going to be a real crisis for us, jake. we ve got coalition obligations there. the afghan people have depended on us for some period of time, to be ultimately prepared to deal with the taliban over a long period, to make peace and create a credible system of government there, to get the government on its feet again. pulling out right now, just the announcement would create chaos within the strategy so we have to be careful about how we announce this. this has not yet been announced, and the president hasn t made a final decision. people are bracing for it. the syrian announcement has come. that s right. how would you characterize and what do you think of the president s decision to ann
there s no place likargh!e i m trying. yippiekiyay. mom. in our world lead today, president trump is calling upon other countries to step up and fight isis in syria, and the president is warning isis not to attack the united states. in might confuse some of the president s supporters because just yesterday the president declared that the u.s. had
Possibly the only person aside from trump who thinks getting out of syria is a good idea, russian president vladimir putin. translator: as far as isis is concerned, i agree more or less with the president of the u.s. reporter: and for mattis and pompeo, it is far from over. both are likely to face a series of furious congressional hearings about all of this. jake? barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you so much. we have some breaking news now for you in the world lead. in the wake of the president s announcement to withdraw u.s. troops from syria, multiple sources tell me the trump administration, trump administration officials, are now bracing for president trump to soon announce the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. the sources warn that the president has not yet made any final decision on the matter. right now there are roughly 14,000 american troops in afghanistan. joining me now to talk about this breaking news as well as the news about syria is retired four sta
Defeated isis and abruptly announced the u.s. withdraw american troops stationed there. it all comes as new video shows american-backed troops fighting isis just a few days ago, a clear sign that the combat there against the estimated tens of thousands of isis terrorists continues. cnn s barbara starr joins us now live from the pentagon. barbara, probably not a good sign when the most enthusiastic support for a foreign policy comes from vladimir putin. well, think of it this way. no enthusiastic support even 24 hours later from the pentagon. no officials have come out in public and endorsed the president s decision even as the war goes on. new proof emerging today that u.s.-backed syrian fighters are still locked in heated battle with isis, even as president trump has ordered more than 2,000 u.s. ground troops to come home. some gop lawmakers remain furious, including a close trump ally. the only reason they are not