have a very hard time potentially standing with the president. >> are republicans tired, anna? >> i think a lot of republicans are tired. they want to feel like they're doing something. they want to be able to bring something back to their constituents. certainly once they get into campaign mode. right now there's only 23 legislative days left on capitol hill. and pretty much all we are talking about now is impeachment. is investigations. it's what's happening abroad and the president, what he's doing in syria and turkey. and they feel like there's a constant onslaught. >> when it comes to syria, eli, i know you were traveling with mike pompeo and vice president pence over the weekend when they went to turkey to talk to erdogan. there is now talk the president wants to send those troops that he's taken out of syria to iraq to fight isis over there. if he's just moving the troops around and not actually bringing them home, what does that show? is it becoming clear that he was trying to capitulate to what erdogan wants? is that a fair jump to make? >> well, it's hard to really