nuclear and missile arsenal. north korea has rejected that claim. so what we need to see his get this in writing. we need to have a common definition on what denuclearization is. if not global arms control. it s denuclearization of north korea. we need to get north korean commitment to international standards of verification. we need to get them to commit to fully abandoning their arsenal and their production capabilities as well as very early on getting a data declaration of the programs. that s all i think very tangible steps that we need to get very early on. shannon: any chance we get any of that? well, if we don t have that, then we don t have an agreement. shannon: so we have to have some peace for the schedule forward. fred, your policy calls for the president here this week? i would like to see at a minimum an agreement for an expection of north korea s nuclear site antimissile production facility. i think we are close to getting that agreement. if we could get inspecti
the decision to withdraw american an american presence in syria is a colossal, in my mind, mistake. a great error. obviously, this makes what obama did in iraq, it s replicating that but in many ways it s even worse. so the decision today by the president, and i think it was his alone, i think is disastrous to our own national security. new york times reports senior national security officials have been warning president trump against this very move. in a series of meetings and conference calls over the past several days defense secretary jim mattis and other senior national security officials have tried to dissuade mr. trump from a wholesale troop withdrawal, arguing that the significant national security policy shift would essentially cede foreign influence in syria to russia and iran at a time when american policy calls for challenging both countries.
arguing that the significant national security policy shift would essentially cede foreign influence in syria to russia and iran at a time when american policy calls for challenging both countries. our friends ann guerin and josh dawsey at the washington post report tonight secretary mattis is at a low point in his influence with trump and potentially also a short-timer. well, with us tonight to talk about it, retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs, a decorated combat veteran of vietnam. he s one of 74 living recipients of the medal of honor. also with us tonight another decorated combat veteran of vietnam, two-time recipient of the distinguished service cross. former battlefield commander in the gulf war. retired u.s. army four-star general barry mccaffrey. we re happy to say both gentlemen are military analysts for this network. jack jacobs, home field advantage. you get to go first. what just happened today? who wins and who loses as a
national security officials have tried to dissuade mr. trump from a wholesale troop withdrawal, arguing that the significant national security policy shift would essentially cede foreign influence in syria to russia and iran at a time when american policy calls for challenging both countries. our friends ann guerin and josh dawsey at the washington post report tonight secretary mattis is at a low point in his influence with trump and potentially also a short-timer. well, with us tonight to talk about it, retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs, a decorated combat veteran of vietnam. he s one of 74 living recipients of the medal of honor.
now. hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. donald trump today defying the advice of his top military advisers and ordering a complete withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria creating a power vacuum likely to be filled by russia, in a part of the world decidedly zero-sum. it will cheer isis, moscow and iran. it s a fact not lost on the pentagon which lobbied the president as late as wednesday not to take today s action. in a series of meetings and conference calls, defense secretary jim mattis and other senior national security officials have tried to dissuade mr. trump from a wholesale troop withdrawal arguing the significant national security policy shift would essentially cede foreign influence in syria to russia and iran at a time when american policy calls for challenging both countries. the times adds, pentagon officials who had sought to talk the president out of the decision as late as wednesday