today, would you handle the release of the d.n.a. test any differently today? you know, look, i have put it all out there. it s there for anyone to see. but at the end of the day, what this is going to be about, this election going forward is going to be about the tens of millions of families across. leland: elizabeth warren outside her house in cambridge, massachusetts, the day before january 1st, 2019 as she says i m in this fight all the way. earlier today she released a video of her biography and talking about what she thought was wrong with washington echoing some of those very same things here in this news conference. certainly, the first democrat to take this kind of marriage step towards a 2020 run. more on her chances and some of the other top democrats chances with our political panel a little bit later. some of the names they have for you will surprise.
president trump tweeting a number of times today about syria, starting by saying, quote: if anybody but donald trump did what i do in syria, which was an isis loaded mess when i became president, they would be a national hero. isis is mostly gone. we are sending our troops back home to be with their families, while at the same time fights isis remnants. now, leland, according to the united nations, isis is not mostly gone. a report released just four months ago indicates that at least 20 to 30 hours isis fighters are still operating on the ground in both iraq and syria. leland? leland: all right. so you had u.s. forces inside of syria about it r. 2000000 of them as you mentioned. marines, artillery, those kind of things. what about all the u.s. backed fighters in syria. specifically the kurds that went after isis? leland, right now the american withdrawal, the preparations are already being felt across the region. on friday russian backed syrian forces did enter the
reporting. the fbi is also reportedly investigating this attack. lee land? leland: interesting, note worthy to watch the sony connection and his industry repeating itself. matt finn in chicago. matt, thank you. lots of americans are apparently leaving high tax states like new york, california and illinois, and moving to places where they can keep more of their money. for that, fox business jeff flock live hammond, indiana a states who population evidently is growing. growing for this reason, jeff? i think so. somewhat antidotal but there is evidence as well. yeah, i m on the illinois, indiana border. indiana low tax state and illinois a high tax state. take a look at the numbers. you know, a lot of states lost population last year as we checked the 2018 numbers on population. but the biggest loser by far was illinois. 114,000 people moved out over the course of the past year. and even with births and
central part of fighting this is getting out and what we are fighting for. we want a government to that doesn t work just for the rich and powerful. we want a government that works for everyone. we can make that happen. we can have to do it together. warren a frequent critic of president trump is entering a field expected to be one of the most crowded in history, no doubt leland, we are looking at debates coming up really in about six months. leland: easy to count on both hands and both feet the number of possible democratic contenders here. any idea what the time line is on some of these other folks on when they may announce? well, you know, that s the big question. we are waiting to hear what former vice president joe biden wants to do. vermont senator bernie sanders, kamala harris and cory booker, both senators in california and new jersey respectively. we don t have a specific time line but you have to wonder with elizabeth warren jumping in officially on the last day of 2018
meantime president trump says is he going to pull troops out of syria slowly it comes after a republican senator lindsey graham who originally called the decision a huge mistake. he now says the president and his commanders are, quote: slowing things down in a smart way. and the withdrawal from syria is in a, you quote, pause situation. president trump made the surprise announcement about syria. u.s. defense officials told fox news he caught his own military off guard. trey yingst just across the border from syria in our israel bureau. our middle east bureau. hi, trey. leland, senator lindsey graham tweeting last night that president trump will make sure before any u.s. troop withdrawal from syria that isis is completely destroyed. iran will not fill any sort of power vacuum left in the region. and the kurds will be protected. the statement coming after a two-hour meeting between trump and graham where the two reportedly reached an understanding of how the administration plans to pul