THEY WARNED THAT IF THE U.S. PULLS OUT, THEY WOULD BE LEFT
ALONE.
ALONE. A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THAT THE
U.S. DECISION WAS SHOCKING AND
UNEXPECTED AND CALLED IT A HUGE
MISTAKE THAT WILL ALLOW ISIS TO
COME BACK EVEN STRONGER THAN IT
WAS BEFORE.
WAS BEFORE. THE CRITICISM DIDN’T STOP THERE.
LINDSEY GRAHAM CALLED INTO FOX.
>> IF I DIDN’T SEE DONALD
TRUMP’S NAME ON THE TWEET, I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OBAMA’S
RATIONALE FOR GETTING OUT OF
IRAQ.
IRAQ. SO HERE IS WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. IT WILL LEAD TO ISIS
REEMERGENCE.
REEMERGENCE. NOTHING BETTER FOR ISIS THAN TO
CREATE A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE
KURDS AND TURKEY.
I WOULD DID EVERYTHINGO EVERYTHI
SANCTION TURKEY IF THEY STEP ONE
FOOT IN NORTHERN SYRIA.
I’LL DO A RESOLUTION URGING THE
PRESIDENT TO RECONSIDER THIS
DECISION.
DECISION. >> AND HE ENDED SAYING IF TURKEY
DOES ANYTHING THAT CONSIDER TO
BE OFF-LIMITS, I WILL TOTALLY
DESTROY THE ECONOMY OF TURKEY.
HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE SUBPOENAED
THE PENTAGON AND WHITE HOUSE
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
FOR DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE
UKRAINE SCANDAL.
UKRAINE SCANDAL. THE DEFENSE SECRETARY AND OMB
DIRECTOR ARE JUST THE LATEST
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
TO BE SUBPOENAED.
AT ISSUE IS WHETHER HE PULLED
AID TO PRESSURE THEM TO
INVESTIGATE INTO THE LAWYER REP
WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS HE IS NOW
REPRESENTING A NEW WHISTLEBLOWER
WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE FIRSTHAND
KNOWLEDGE OF TRUMP’S DEALINGS
WITH UKRAINE.
WITH UKRAINE. KURT VOLKER LEAVING ANOTHER JOB.
IN A STATEMENT HE ANNOUNCED THAT
HE IS RESIGNING AS HEAD OF THE
McCAIN INSTITUTE AT ARIZONA
STATE SAYING THE MEDIA FOCUS IS
BECOMING A DISTRACTION.
VOLKER GOT TIED UP IN THE
UKRAINE SCANDAL AFTER RUDY
GIULIANI SAID THAT VOLKER
INTRODUCED HIM TO UKRANIAN
LEADERS.
LEADERS. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD TO
RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS BY 1:00
P.M. TODAY BUT NOW HE DOESN’T.
THIS MORNING A FEDERAL JUDGE
RULED THAT HIS LONG TIME
ACCOUNTING FIRM WOULD HAVE TO
HAND OVER EIGHT YEARS OF TAX
RETURNS AS PART OF A CRIMINAL
PROBE INTO HIS BUSINESS DEALING
REJECTING THE PRESIDENT’S CLAIM
THAT HE IS IMMUNE FROM CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS.
INVESTIGATIONS. BUT THE PERSON’S PERSONAL
ATTORNEYS IMMEDIATELY APPEALED,
THEY WERE GRAFTSED
THEY WERE GRANTED A TEMPORARY
STAY.
STAY. LAST WEEK THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
JOINING TRUMP IN A FIGHT TO
BLOCK THE SUBPOENA SEEKING THE
RETURNS SAYING A PRESIDENT CAN’T
BE CHARGED WHILE IN OFFICE.
THIS ALL STEMS FROM THE
INVESTIGATION INTO PAYMENTS MADE
TO STORMY DANIELS AND KAREN
McDOUGAL TO KEEP THEM QUIET
ABOUT ALLEGED AFFAIRS WITH TRUMP
PRIOR TO THE AEKS.
TRUMP HAS DENIED ANY AFFAIR WITH
DANIELS.
DANIELS. >>> OVER THE WEEKEND, "JOKER"
SMASHED BOX OFFICE RECORDS
MAKING IT THE HIGHEST OCTOBER
DEBUT IN MOVIE HISTORY.
THE MOVIE FOLLOWS THE STORY OF
BATMAN’S CLASSIC FOE AND IS
PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL.
PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL. IT DEPICTURES AS HIM AS A HERO R
CONCERNS THAT IT COULD INSPIRE
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THE OPEN WEEKEND WAS RELATIVELY
INCIDENT FREE, BUT IN NEW YORK
CITY, A MAN HAD TO BE KOERTED ED
AFTER LOUDLY CHEERING.
AND NOW YOU KNOW.
>>> MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE CONDEMNING
THE DECISION TO WITHDRAW TROOPS
FROM SYRIA.
FROM SYRIA. THE CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE
ABANDONING OUR ALLIES IN THE
BATTLE AGAINST ISIS.
RICHARD ENGEL EXPLAINS HOW THE
KURDS ARE RESPONDING AND WHAT IS
TO COME.
TO COME. >> KURDISH OFFICIALS I’VE SPOKEN
TO SAY THAT THEY ARE BEING
BETRAYED BY THE AMERICANS, THAT
THEY ARE BEING BE TWRAED
PERSONALLY BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND NOW THEY WORRY THAT THE
TURKISH MILITARY AND TURKISH
BACKED MILITIAS COULD CARRY OUT
A CAMPAIGN OF ETHNIC CLEANSING
AND GENOCIDE.
AND GENOCIDE. THESE ARE VERY BIG WORDS, BUT IT
IS CLEAR THAT THE KURDS ARE
BEING BETRAYED.
BEING BETRAYED. THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE OF
POLICY.
POLICY. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LEAVING THEM
TO THEIR FATE AND THEIR FATE
WON’T BE GOOD IF YOU LOOK AT
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
FIRST OF ALL, THESE ARE THE
KURDS WHO ARE OPERATING IN
NORTHERN SYRIA, THE SAME PEOPLE
WHO THE U.S. MILITARY HAS BEEN
FIGHTING WITH FOR THE LAST FOUR