the economy of a nato ally, turkey, with 80 million citizens, if anything is going to drive the turks towards russia and remember they ve got a defense deal for equipment with russia into theem arms of iran these kinds of actions are likely to do this. the president may feel that for america s economy, the taxpayers, it s a good thing to bring the boys home and get t o of a place that s 7,000 miles from washington. but as brett and others have said, you know, you may take that narrow economic view now, but you may pay for it in the years and decades to come. thanks very much. bill in london. we ll take a closer look at syria s kurds, who say they could face harm as a result ofk the president s decision. according to the kurdish project, there are 30 million kurds living in the middle east
harris: how much does senator john mccain s rejection affect the process? well, we all greatly respect senator mccain s views. ofk this issue it s very personal one for him. but i think that most of us believe that gina haspel is very qualified for this job. and that she is to be confirmed. in as much as we all greatly respect senator mccain and his position and his view on these issues, we know that we have to get this position filled and that she has had over a 30 year, 30-plus year resume, at the cia, nothing but glowing reviews and she served in the field, she served in leadership positions. this is some one, again, supported not only by republican cia directors of the past but democrat cia directors of the past. she s just, she s the right person for the job. i hope we can get her confirmed soon. harris: if you could just tell me about the political process in all of this. i remember john brennan, of
fast enough in the eastern district of virginia.. where the subpoenas had been issued by mueller and the fisa application isn t moving fast enough.ed it kind of shows this buildup. they also noticed that white house logs actually correlated with some of these text messages. as they were discussing this back and forth, they bring up another guy from the doj, matthew axelrod. he s a doj prosecutor who is involved in the case. they talk about him. they talk about the frustration, they talk about andy mccabe coming under fire or by some ofk these folks at the doj for thefo supposed information that was in the application. then they say two days later after these text messages are exchanged, matthew axelrod actually goes to the white house and signs the visitor log and actually visits president trump. i think what we are looking at here is little pieces of the puzzle. how much did people in the white house know?
chris coons and john mccain. pennsylvania s congressional maps likely headed for a makeover. the u.s. supreme court rejecting the request from state republicans. they want the justices to block a lower court ruling to order the congressional maps redrawn. currently republicans hold 12 of the 18 state seats. the pennsylvania supreme court ruled that republicans sought partisan advantage over democrats in drawing the maps. gop leaders may pursue further legal action. the ruling could have an impact on the 2018 mid term election where is the gop control of the house is on the line. colorado s governor says enough is enough after the third fatal shooting of the police officer in six weeks. now another widow and 7-year-old twins are left in mourning. ofk. before shipstation it was craz. it s great when you see a hundred orders come in,
well, you know, fredricka, that was the issue, and apparently the jurisdiction there in terms of the criminal charges that was levels against them felt not because the cases were diskissed. generally they re not dismissed unless they felt they can t prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. there was a feeling or sense criminally they did nothing wrong. they re also making another claim, and that is sofk based on their sexual orientation and what they choose to do, and that s the 14th amendment because we re all entitled to equal protection under the law. as a result, gay, lesbian, straight, you need to be treated with the respect and dignity you re entitled to. that s the claim you re making. with regard to the touching, they re also talking about battery. offensive touching, the officer shouldn t have touched them to begin with. factually, a lot more needs to be determined. we don t know the officer cease side of the story, but on the face of it and in the complaint it s troubling if tru