they had 1,000 syrian lire, the equivalent of $2, in their pockets, and no plan. she said they don't know where they going, they just are leaving the war zone, they said any place is better than there. >> the kurds have no protection. and already hundreds have died, several hundred thousand have been displaced. >> reporter: david phillips is a veteran american diplomat and the author of "the great betrayal: how america abandoned the kurds." >> syrian kurds love the united states, they love america. not only because we protected them, but because of what we represent. we ostensibly stand for human rights and democracy, and this is what they aspire to as well. syrian kurds now feel betrayed, embittered, they've been abandoned. the blood of these victims is on trump's hands. >> reporter: this family traveled over 100 miles to escape the killing and found refuge in an empty school.