i m the one that did it. i m the one that knows more about it than you people. president trump boasting about his syria strategy with a fragile cease-fire there, set to expire in a matter of hours. lawmakers get ready to hear from what might be the most important impeachment witness yet. you people with this phony emoluments clause. the president dismisses part of the constitution as phony. facebook says russian trolls are back and prepared to battle in the 2020 election. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. and the cease-fire between turkish and kurdish forces in syria, it ends today. u.s. troops pulling out. being pelted by rotten potatoes. what happens after the cease-fire ends today is not
true. the u.s. never promised to ever protect the kurds. but many thought it would end in the more managed fashion. there were 28 troops pulled back. they were not about to be obliterated by advancing armyie. after the past 48 hours, we re seeing troops rallying and leaving a different syria behind them. certainly in the meeting at sochi, that we will see today, between russia and turkey, maybe a peace can be oranged by moscow, who backs the regime, the new alley of the kurds here. there may be troops inside to left to side syria. but make no mistake, oil is not
isis. the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil, he didn t think it was necessary to leave troops behind in syria. he said there were 28 troops on the border anyway. but they re staying in the middle east. nick paton walsh will look at some of the president s claims. reporter: in that rambling statement from president trump, there were many things that didn t strike true with reality here. the u.s. never said they would protect the kurds forever. but many thought it would end in the more managed fashion. there were 28 troops pulled back from the border area. but quite frankly, they were not about to be obliterated by advancing armies. they were the reason that turkey felt restrained before starting this incursion. after the past 48 hours, we re
president trump said the kurds were fighting for their own reasons. they were fighting isis. where is an agreement that says we need to stay in the middle east, for the rest of humanity, for the rest of civilization? the kurds never said that. i hope they will watch over isis. the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil, he didn t think it was necessary to leave troops behind in syria. he said there were 28 troops on t the border anyway. but they re staying in the middle east. nick paton walsh will look at some of the things that the president said that weren t
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