To mount juliet, tennessee. Christy walked in for a get together and got the surprise of her life. Not a dry eye in that house. Thanks for joining us. Busy day. Im dana perino. Heres shep. Shepard a live look, the Eisenhower Executive Office building next to the west wing where were about to hear live from the president in the wake of an extraordinary morning. The pressure on President Trump accelerating and in moments hes scheduled to speak. Two big issues, first, the president s decision to withdraw troops from syria. Widely criticized by members of his own party, his own advisers and generals and cabinet. Our own reporting that he stopped listening to top leadership, didnt inform our allies or the pentagon. Hes getting praise from putin and condemnation from conservatives. At the same time, in the face of pressure to build that wall, the newly announced president ial decision not to sign the
shortterm budget deal that easily passed the u. S. Senate. His base was rebelling. The Freed
brianna, is who takes that moral leadership going forward and who ensures that we do not see a group like isis reconstitute and strike again. and there is a call from isis leader for jail breaks. so if that happens, you re talking about thousands upon thousands of isis fighters and their associates and family members, what does that look like, clarisa. reporter: well, you re talking about 10,000 isis fighters in prisons here. another 2,000 foreign fighters and somewhere in the region of 50,000 family members of those isis fighters. many of them are incredibly radicalized. they re being held in prisons that are controlled by kurdish fighting forces. if those kurdish fighting forces are now being called to the front lines as they are to fight against a turkish military operation, it stands to reason, brianna, that that is a potentially very dangerous situation. sure is. clarisa ward in northern syria. thank you for that report. and still ahead, new
they could stay in iraq. if there needed to be any fighting in syria or attacks in syria on isis, iraq would be a fine place for the troops to be. i think he doesn t really understand the situation with isis or the situation in iraq. he is sitting in a place where isis originated and the iraqi government is in shambles. they haven t been seated yet or formed a government yet. it s not just as easy as launching an attack from iraq from syria or isis. you have a vacuum in iraq. you can see isis reconstitute. the thing we are talking about here is when the commander in chief goes to talk to the troops for the holiday, it s important as barbara said and a boost to
being on the ground causes danger and we had not figured out how to turn that presence into a resolution of the war. i like the way it gave us some leverage and defeating isis, limiting iran s influence and protecting the kurds. shepard: headline in the new york times, kurdish fighters talking about releasing superior is fighters and expecting a turkish attack. the syrian democratic forces are considering monitoring. how quickly could isis reconstitute using cell phones and instant messages to create a situation like paris was blowing up not that long ago? it took about 1 1/2 to two years for the remnants of al-quaida in iraq and other elements to turn in to isis and
israel says why is iran establishing its own air bases in syria? that s the question, and more discussion to come. michael walts, thank you. that s one of the reasons we have to stay engaged. we all want the soldiers to come home but we cannot let the russians, iranians, and isis reconstitute in the region. shannon: not good for our interests or our allies. difficult decisions to make. thank you for coming back. thanks. shannon: time now for where in the world. outside observers want a full investigation into the death of a 32-year-old russian journalist. he reported on the russian mercenaries killed in syria in a clash with american forces. maxim borodin mysteriously fell from his balcony and died a day after camouflage secretive forces reportedly started his building. police are ruling the death a suicide or accident. police clashing with communist students in athens, greece, tonight near a statue of president harry truman. the students were try to put on the statue as part o