god bless the usa is what s being played in the video. unclear if that was there or if it was added later. and there is the role tied university of alabama flag. we wonder if that s the message of who the president supporting the upcoming collegiate championships. at least, that s the team the troops are supporting. the president is seeing a debriefing and this is continuing now, with matt, take me back to what you are saying about turkey and specifically, erdogan. we know the decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria came after that phone call with president erdogan. in the president, and his defense of the syrian strategy on the ground talked about he and the turks were going to go ahead and take care of the
more into, or using the strategy of uncertainty and smaller attacks. now the question of what military you do about that, there is a lot of open-ended questions. but there s nothing surprising about donald trump saying, i want to the neighborhood to take care of this issue instead of the united states. leland: to your point, one of the points that the president made to u.s. servicemen on the ground, we are no longer the suckers. we are respected again as a nation. that brings up the question, and nations in that region obviously have a slightly different interests than we do at times. matt swift of the concordia summit, matt, we appreciate it. 3:46 p.m., middle of the night in the middle east right now. we are told the president is on air force one, destination unknown, one more stop to come. we will have more video of the president in or on iraq, when we
of the tariffs and things like that that a been ratcheted up. most recently. no, i think the two men have come to know each other quite well. i think the chance of this being a very productive dinner is rather high. i think it is in both leaders interest to try and sort this out. i actually think this working dinner like this alongside the g 20 is the perfect way for the two men to come together. eboni: some optimism there from matt swift, thank you very much. thank you. leland: you think about someone have done a lot of these success really was george h. w. bush. his relationships around the world were world renowned in so many ways. that will come up along with so much else when brett baier sits down with defense secretary james madison california. folks are beginning to take their seats. the news will continue from new york.
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to the u.s., was it? i don t think it was great for the united states, it might have been good in the time in 1992 when it was signed in 1994 when it was put in action, it was not necessarily a bad deal for the united states, but we certainly would could have had a better deal. jon: matt swift, good to have you here. thank you. jon: deployed for nearly a year gave his family a surprise of a lifetime earlier this week, watch. dad come on in. oh, my god. jon: oklahoma national guard soldier returning home after second deployment in afghanistan. surprised his daughter during parent week at her elementary school. you get to home and you get to see the smiling faces of family and kids and always good to come home. i love you. i love you too, beautiful.