bipartisan vote in the house of representati representatives. i would hope if releader mcconnl feels that way a big vote on the senate side this week and then we re sending a mesage to the president. we ve got to maintain a presence in that region otherwise you ll see a resurgence of isis. i understand the president s reluctance to keep forces there, but this week he increased our troop presence in saudi arabia by 3,000. so, you know, as much as we d like to bring everyone home, we have interest in that region and to protect our national security. nick payton walsh is in the kurdish territory of nearby irbl, iraq. what is happening with the cease-fire? kind of echoing of what we are hearing from the ground. provide more detail from possibly less involved party. the u.s. was, obviously, a close ally of the syrian kurds causing a precipitous u.s. withdrawal.