calling this a terrorist army and vowing that they would crush it before it went into action. now, the afrin area is very mountainous, very woody, and so it s questionable that the turks are really going to go dramatically inside the afrin area. but certainly, this does complicate a situation whereby you have the turkey, which is a member of nato, an ally at least in word, of the united states, fight i fighting the american backed and trained and armed ypg. so complication upon complication when it comes to syria. natalie? absolutely. ben wedeman, thank you. coast to coast here, in the united states and around the world limp you re watching newsroom. still ahead, finger pointing and name calling and not talking about the other guy. is there any end in sight to the u.s. government shutdown? also the u.s. vice president