no kidding. we re doing all we can to make moving simple, easy, awesome. go to xfinity.com/moving to get started. there s a big development in terms of the u.s. troop pullout from syria. iraq officials now say those u.s. troops leaving syria cannot stay in iraq. and also the very brief five-day cease-fire that was negotiated between turkey and the u.s. last week is set to expire this afternoon. meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers have just return frod aim trip to the middle east where they went to review the security situation there. one of them is democratic congressman steven lynch. he want a trip to jordan and afghanistan. and also serves on the house oversight committee. you re the perfect person for us
helping us wipe out isis, now they don t have our protection. syria, you know, limited troops there. troop pullout, now we are understanding that some troops are in fact moving to iraq, is this perhaps a slow pullout or maybe a change in direction? i don t know. i think the problem is that we have all of these new problems created by leaving. the truth anywhere, but especially in the middle east is when there is a vacuum left by america, somebody is going to fill the vacuum. and usually it is filled by people that have interest hostile to the united states. julie: thank you very, very much. awaiting some big news from the white house, the president with the cabinet meeting at the white house, let s watch. we have done very well, if anybody has any questions, please. reporter: do you have a limited number? we don t think it will be necessary, i don t want to leave troops there. it is very dangerous. we had 28 troops, people said 50, it was 28, and in army on
cease fire, america has a different interpretation of what that cease fire means, then president erdogan says he will move full speed ahead and people are very concerned about what that may mean gien the impact it s had on civilians. kurds are not just feeling aban tdoned abandoned, they re being displaced. this troop pullout we re hearing from current retired u.s. military generals who say at a minimum, u.s. credibility is danielle e damaged and now the president is is misrepresenting the truth about cease fire, about this stabilization or the lack there of. so what is like ly happening among the rank and file on trust in the commander in chief? well, i think it s really detrimental to that trust. what we re seeing is it s very quiet within the military ranks. in terms of overt discussions of this, but behind the scenes, the
kurds are much safer right now. but the kurds know how to fight. as i said, they re not angels. they re not angels. pompeo and vice president pence land in turkey this morning, leading a delegation trying to get erdogan to halt the offensive. yesterday, the house, including 100 republicans, voted overwhelmingly to condemn the president s troop pullout from syria. jomana karadsheh joins us this morning. good morning to you. huh how much is watching erdogan at this point? reporter: they are calling for an immediate cease-fire. this is something that turkey says this is a nonstarter. we heard them saying they will continuing with this mission. they are determined to continue with the operation. they say they will not stop until the kurdish fighters move away from the border. that safe zone, that buffer zone, that turkey is aiming to establish. about 30, 35 kilometers into
trying to get erdogan to halt the offensive. yesterday, the house, including 100 republicans, voted overwhelmingly to condemn the president s troop pullout from syria. good morning to you. so, the turks are not angels. and they are safer now. your reaction? well, there s lots of questions about the president s statements that seem to be constantly changing. if you look at that statement about the kurds being safer, there s questions about that because they found themselves in a position where they were facing the turkish military. they had to turn to the to the assad regime. you look at the region they were controlling. that was one of relatively speaking, the safer parts of syria. so, you know, with all these mixed messages and, you know, confused messages, coming from the president, you re going to have the vice president and