democrats came out backing fiona hill. republicans complaining about the process. rudy giuliani has clearly been a leading force for the administration in providing a shadow foreign policy in ukraine. you have witnesses along with their attorney trying to figure out what they can say and what they can t say. there s a reason why white house counsel should be present. hill said the reason it was so confusing, that was a situation that the russians could exploit. there s the lineup. today, a senior state department official. tomorrow, mike pompeo. on thursday, the ambassador to the e.u., gordon sondland. a dozen democrats take the biggest primary stage ever.
turkey. but the changing on the ground is changing fast. where u.s. forces were, it appears they may have left. and it s unclear if turkey is going to be moving in or if the regime has taken parts of that town, too. taking that across where the kurds had free reign. the americans moving out, in a situation where i m sure no soldier ever wants to find themselves. the commander in chief say you re leaving before you re gone. the route is perilous, to say the least. a deeply damaging moment for u.s. standing in the region. one, in which the u.s. adversaries in disbelief how fast this is changing. and isis, a feeling a sigh of relief. a second life, one u.s. official said to me, they re being
good morning, my friend. he had a week to think this over. he did, dave. and the sports world had been waiting for lebron to weigh in on this controversy. lebron says, he believes he was misinformed about the ramification s the tweet would have and he was not educated about the situation. we have freedom of speech but at times there s ramifications to the negative. i believe he wasn t edge kaucat the situation at hand and he spoke. so many people could have been harmed. not only financially but physically. emotionally, spiritually. just be careful in what we tweet, say and what we do. we have freedom of speech but there can be a lot of negative that comes with that, too. after those comments, lebron was criticized on social media. he then tried to explain and
immediate cease-fire and to negotiate with kurdish forces in syria to bring the end to the violence. pence says the president has directed him to travel to turkey to help start negotiations. trump has faced criticism for his decision to pull forces from syria. the situation on the ground deteriorating. nick paton walsh has the latest. he s live from irbil, iraq. good morning. how serious would the sanctions be on the turkish economy? reporter: not really, in all truth. after donald trump threatened obliteration of turkey, this is a defense ministry being designated tariffs on steel and a trade deal that hasn t happened yet. probably not going to happen. they can take a breath in ankara. i want to pause and talk about how we got here. nine days ago, president trump said in a phone call, he expected the turkish invasion to go ahead.
their attorney trying to figure out what they can say and what they can t say. there s a reason why white house counsel should be present. hill said the reason it was so confusing, that was a situation that the russians could exploit. there s the lineup. today, a senior state department official. tomorrow, mike pompeo. on thursday, the ambassador to the e.u., gordon sondland. a dozen democrats take the biggest primary stage ever. the cnn presidential debate is just hours away. arlette saenz has a preview from westerville, ohio. reporter: it is debate day in westerville. later tonight, 12 of the democratic candidates will be