foreign terrorist fighters being held in syria today. she s just one of them. she is a terrorist. she s not a u.s. citizen. she ought not return to this country. so she wasn t born here? she may have been born here. she is not a u.s. citizen nor is she entitled to u.s. citizenship. secretary of state mike pompeo with craig melvin on the today show, flatly rejecting an appeal from the so-called isis bride, 24-year-old hoda muthana who claims she is a u.s. citizen and has a u.s. passport because she was born in new jersey while her father was a yemeni diplomat. he is now suing the trump administration, claiming his daughter and her toddler son should be able to return to the u.s. nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel sat down for an exclusive interview with hoda muthana in syria this morning. i know for a fact i was a citizen. when i tried filing for a passport, it was very easy. it came in ten days. so i thought i didn t have a problem. i m sure there s no problem.
state department says it wants other countries to bring home their fighters to face justice. americans who joined isis should expect the same. our policy in this regard would be to repatriate them and it s what we call on all countries to do who have fighters in syria. repatriating these foreign terrorist fighters to their countries of origin, insuring that they are prosecuted and detained. that s the best solution preventing them from returning to the battlefield. we view these fighters as a global threat. for weeks secretary of state mike pompeo have said to countries having fighters captured in syria should bring them back to their countries, try them and in his words
we are going to wait this long and if cam does nothing with denuclearization, will go back to maximum pressure. one of the core principles of the trump doctrine, we ve had lots of conversations with how this proceeds. i don t have anything i can say about a deadline like you re supposing. the president is going to say that all of the isis caliphate in syria is gone. we are hearing. what happens to the foreign fighters in syria whose countries refuse to take them back in? it s a real challenge. it s one of the reasons my team has been working out for weeks to get each of those countries to agree to take back the foreign terrorist fighters who traveled from syria to their nation. we ve continued to work, we ve already had some returns. we need to make sure that we have a solution. there are many options on the table. i do not want to discuss them
canadian position. and i really want to assure canadians that we re working hard to get a good deal. we are confident that a win/win/win deal is possible and we ll always stand up for canadian values. the u.s. president will head to ireland in november. in a tweet friday, the irish deputy prime minister said this, our two countries have such strochk historic economic, cultural and family ties, maintaining those connections is always a top priority, end quote. mr. trump is canceling and autumn trip to australia. mike pence will go there instead. the president does plan on attending high level meetings in singapore, new guinea and the g-20 in argentina. following the story in syria where government troops appear poised for an attack on the last remaining stronghold much terrorist fighters. u.s. officials say that they are ready for a military strike if
left the door topped removing jeff sessions after the mid-term elections, pressing that bloomberg news interview if he would stay on after november? the president said, i don t want to get into it. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. jeff, thank you. . now to syria, where government troops appear poised on an attack on idlib and idlib province, last remaining strong hold of rebels and terrorist fighters. there is great concern about the millions of innocent people who could be caught up in the cross fire here. u.s. officials say they are ready for a military strike, this if syria uses chemical weapons, they tell cnn a list of targets has been prepared. syria s allie russia appears to be getting ready as well the kremlin announced large scale naval drills in the m mediterrane mediterranean. at least one official says the trips could use radar to track and intercept u.s. missiles. a key physical in the you kra indian conflict is reportedly