In eastern syria to protect oil fields there. meanwhile the five-day so called cease-fire broken by the u.s. with turkey set to expire tomorrow. nbc s erin mclaughlin is along turkey s border with syria, more details on that for us this morning. of course it is the evening there. erin, what do we know about what s happening with u.s. troops being pulled out of northern syria? reporter: hey, craig. well, the withdrawal is well under way. an nbc crew positioned in iraq saw a u.s. convoy streaming over the border earlier today. we know that their safety is their number one priority for the united states at this point. they re being pulled out of the areas near the syria/turkey border. but for those soldiers positioned near syrian oil fields they ll not be part of that phase of the withdrawal, that according to the u.s. defense secretary mark esper who said this process will take
i would just chime in on the graham clip. to the point i was making earlier, his tone definitely has changed since the syria debacle though. look, i m not going to come on here and say that i think lindsey graham who has been one of the most cheer leadiest allies of the president is going to vote for impeachment but you can see how the issues are impacting the thinking around impeachment. senator graham s comments there would have not left the door quite so open had it not been for his very stark disagreement with the president on syria and turkey. betsy woodruff swan, betsy, thank you, tim miller, good to have you both, thank you, thank you. we have breaking news right now, tens of thousands are without power in dallas, texas. a tornado ripped through the northern part of the city leaving a trail of destruction behind, some 17 miles long here getting a look at some of it there. search and rescue teams currently going house to house right now to survey the damage.
Announcement is pushing some of them to the brink. i think that each member, obviously, has different things that push them overboard, but, you know, all of these folks, you know, when there is a continuous drip, drip, drip of anti-trump news, of mistakes, of policy decisions like syria that they don t like, i think that makes them look at impeachment differently, and i think that that is something that the president was aware of when he kind of pulled back the decision on dural. the other thing i d say really quick on dural is my colleague jonathan last wrote this morning it was interesting the president said i would be willing to host this at cost. it raises the question, is the president still running the trump organization? you know, and supposedly he has this wall up between his private business and the white house, how would he know whether or not the private business could have hosted this at cost? i think that s going to raise questions on the other stays at mar-a-lago and dune
Interested in joining. it s important to point out here, though, that priscilla chan and mark zuckerberg have not indicated any support for any particular presidential candidate at this time. but certainly a highly scrutinized move. the two men did go to harvard. they did overlap at the same time. they did not know each other then as college students, but later of course made the acquaintan acquaintance. every single move made by this billionaire ceo highly scrutinized as we head into this critical election season. jo, thank you. you can catch more of lester s interview with facebook ceo mark zuckerberg tonight on nbc nightly news. coming up next, president trump gathering his cabinet for the first time since july. it comes amid the fallout over syria. big week in the impeachment inquiry. first, though, emergency crews now assessing the damage in dallas after that massive tornado struck last night. the twister left a 17-mile path
At this time no serious injuries are being reported in the dallas area. there was a fatality in arkansas that was connected to the storm, a tree fell on someone in arkansas. areas of alabama, louisiana, mississippi, tennessee all of those states could see some severe thunderstorms today. reversing course on syria, despite the president s assertion that the united states troops would be coming home the pentagon confirming it is now considering leaving some forces there, this as some of the forces have started moving into iraq. also, a rare discussion with one of the most iconic and the major achievements he s making outside the public eye. are you at a point seem to be about more is that part of the motivation here? that s not my purpose for doing it.