off fences in northern syria the us pulled its troops from the region earlier this month but washington is now saying it may send them back to prevent the so-called islamic state from capturing crucial oil fields. it isn t easy keeping up with america s position in syria after president trump emphatically said u.s. troops are coming home his statement seemed in downstairs reports came in that the white house had set out options for leaving u.s. forces in northeast syria the new order seemed to be modifying the objective of keeping isis extremists at bay to include the safeguarding of the oil fields the region is in a state of flux after trump declared he was withdrawing u.s. troops creating a vacuum on tuesday russia and turkey struck a deal on a 30 kilometer deep safe zone to enable the withdrawal of armed kurdish units from the area the oil fields which are of interest to the u.s. and in the east of the region at a nato press conference in brussels u.s.
back. there will be exemptions as well for hunters. for farmers. for pest control. but one of the measures that clearly want to do is limit the number of rounds that a given weapon can fire. and thus make it far potentially less lethal. i ll add one last point. that the suspect behind what he s accused of the deadliest terrorist attack in new zealand modern history, he was a licensed gun owner in new zealand. all the weapons he purchased he acquired through legal means. the authorities say he had modified some of the weapons. to make them illegal under the preexisting rules. all of that kind of thing is now illegal and banned by the new order. this ban on the amnesty and the buy back program sounding similar to the australia. in the wake of the 1996 massacre.
keeping to those orders. that s right. the partial gag order prevented him from making statements on the courthouse steps. we don t expect to hear anything from stone today. the silence with reporters is not second nature to stone. he is obeying the new order from the judge, which completely shuts down any media contact or statements about the case. back to the special county. data points have aligned the new attorney general william barr is in place. the nomination for his new deputy, a senior transportation department official, jeffery rosen has been announced. we have an end date for the current deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, which is mid march. those close to rosenstein said hi wanted to stay until the mueller report was delivered. to really tamp down expectations, what we understand is that the report that goes to
tariffs. even after china agreed to buy more soybeans last week from the u.s. china stopped buying u.s. soybeans in july as retaliation. the new order from china will not make up for the business soybean farmers last this year. exports are down 93%. a lot of farmers in iowa. just yesterday, a new cnn poll shows iowa republcans still support the president. 2/3 said they would definitely vote to reelect mr. trump if the election were held today. when i talked to growers and farmers in my home state, they say the russia investigation is white noise. give him time. we need to reset the trade balance agenda in america and they trust him. a lot of them say they trust him. 81% with republicans in iowa. even as farm values decline. ahead, every parents worst
the idea is they don t want to give out any information in advance of suspected indictments special counsel mueller is about to issue. there are 14 indictments pending in the district court of washington right now that potentially could involve that, his attorney won t release any information or allow him to testify before a senate committee unless there s a grand of immunity to insulate him from potential charges the special counsel might bring. he called the questions a fishing expedition. thank you for being with us this morning. very insightful. the time is 18 after the hour. members of the migrant caravan cost trying to sneak onto american soil. the new order at the border from secretary of defense jim mattis. rob: no green envy here. remember rome s lackluster