the turkish president will meet with vladimir putin so he could see some more progress on negotiates in this fight, leland, thank you. leland: steve, real quick, what s the mood on the kurds on this, do they feel the secretary s feelings that it s holding? a lot of wounded kurds were able to get out of key cities, i think the overall mood here is one of deep disappointment not only in the u.s. but in the world about allowing what they call an ethic cleansing to take place, that s their view, leland. leland: steve has been in so many battlefields, a lot of reporting coming from steve, steve, thanks to you and your crew, molly. for more on this we turn to fox news strategic analyst and chairman, retired four star general jack keane. you did not want to see this occur, now that we are watching
leland: secretary on the road, troops are moving to western iraq, its fighters have now evacuated a syrian border town rather than face slaughter from the turks, steve harrigon in iraq where so many of the kurds are headed, hi, steve. that s right, leland, the u.s. secretary of defense saying that on route to afghanistan saying that the 700 to 1,000 u.s. troops that are being withdrawn from syria will be move today western iraq, one of the key missions, the iraq government will be to monitor the islamic state, widespread concerns not only in the u.s. but really from years around the world that isis could have a resurgence in syria should the
toll in bahamas is almost certain to rise, thousands of people locking for looking for loved ones there, team coverage throughout the zone, steve harrigon in naussea. there s still tens of thousands without power and without a home, hi, jonathan. water spout that came ashore as storm was advancing, 62 residential structures destroyed and 5 business properties destroyed, north carolina roy cooper touring the site just moments ago, he says that north carolinians are resilient lot, they will rebuild and they that are getting help from neighbors, people in other parts of the state who saw this area on tv
arthel: search and rescue crews are working frantically in the bahamas to reach communities trapped by massive flooding in the wake of hurricane dorian. 43 people now confirmed dead there and that number is expected to rise. thousands others are still listed as missing. steve harrigan is live from nass the bahamas with a firsthand look at the devastation. steve. reporter: arthel, the destruction on some of the northern islands is just near complete. as far as you can look to the left and the right, everything is just destroyed by the 185-mile-an-hour winds, the infrastructure also shattered as well. gasoline, medicine in short supply. there have been reports of looting and we spoke with a young woman who lives on abaco island who said she has taken part in looting. here s what she had to say. i stole.
in place when you look at just foundation, this might have been an entry way here, maybe the kitchen here, bedrooms here but nothing left at all, just flat, no walls, no roof, and all the neighbors as far as you can see in every direction just foundations and broken houses everywhere. rescue operations and evacuations are continuing, there s really nothing on parts of those islands especially ovacoa island, coast guard are helping the injured and evacuation of cruise ship, a thousand people taken to florida, death toll officially stands at 43 but still search and rescue teams going through that wreckage and they re expected to find a number of bodies in the days to come, gillian, back to you. steve, thanks for being here and covering this for us, we are