there was some sniper fire this morning, there was mortar fire this morning that was eliminated quickly. and they're back to the full pause. >> should the president be so easily placated by erdogan? he really seems to be quite convinced that what he's saying is the gospel. >> he shouldn't be. this is very typical of someone like erdogan. he's, in essence, running the information war in this campaign, and he's doing it and really the main target of his operation is president trump. president trump for whatever reason believes that whatever erdogan says is the gospel. it is not the gospel. it is absolutely fundamentally untrue and it needs to be verified by the intelligence agencies, agencies that president trump, of course, doesn't like. >> that's a very good point, cedric. so josh, in this op-ed that you wrote, this is about the withdrawal from northern syria.