He tells AXIOS, “I think he,” the president, “is putting the nation at risk. KARL: So let’s take a look at what Lindsey Graham just had to say about this. The president was very clear on making sure that ISIS prisoners are not escaping, as I’ve seen you’re reporting, this is obviously a big issue we are on top of. And we’re being very clear with Turkey what’s going on. MNUCHIN: He wants - he wants to get these troops out of Syria, and determined to get out of these long-standing wars. KARL: Well one has invaded the other, to be clear. KARL: But - but what are you waiting for? Look at what we’ve just seen on the ground this is a rapidly deteriorating situation. So the president is very focused on this, he’s offered to mediate this situation. And as I’ve said, these sanctions could be starting small, they could be maximum pressure, which would destroy the Turkish economy. We are ready to go on a moment’s notice to put on sanctions. We are in daily communications with Turkey, both at the Defense Department, the State Department on very specific issues. MNUCHIN: Well let me just say, this is a complicated developing situation on one hand, fighting against the Kurds who are helping us with the fight against ISIS. Given that we've already seen 100,000 people reportedly displaced, these ISIS prisoners out, set loose, execution of some of America's Kurdish allies, what - what - what's the hold up? Why don't you just impose these sanctions? So Secretary Mnuchin, you announced Friday that you now have the authority to impose sanctions on Turkey for what we're seeing unfold. Joining us now, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. KARL: All right, Ian Pannell on the ground in Syria. foreign policy and its relationship and its status here in the Middle East is pretty disastrous. The ISIS brides have obviously left, we’ve seen ISIS prisoners flee their jails, the possibility of ISIS reemerging, we’ve got hundreds of thousands of people now on the move, and the consequences for U.N. troops that then led to the Turkish invasion. And this leads to the broader consequences, the unintended but predictable consequences of that decision to pull back U.S. forces together with the SDF have been working together to try and defeat ISIS, and that battle still goes on, but it’s overtaken by events with Turkey now invading. But the reality on the ground is that the U.S. The president has said that he believes that ISIS has been defeated.
This of course will raise key questions about the future face of the U.S. troops have now withdrawn from that particular site. We now understand that Turkish-backed radical Islamist militants are also in that area and we’re hearing that U.S. That’s 700 people who broke out of a camp in an area called Ain Issa. We now believe that there were over 250 ISIS brides together with their families. One is this breakout of ISIS brides from this refugee camp just south of here. Two key events that we have to bring you up to date on. Fast moving events here in Syria, particularly this morning. IAN PANNELL, SENIOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, ABC NEWS: Yes, good morning, Jon. ABC News senior foreign correspondent Ian Pannell is on the ground in Northern Syria and joins us with the latest. It's a crisis that began after President Trump announced he was withdrawing U.S. And civilians in Northern Syria are now going to U.S. official tells ABC News at least 23 ISIS prisoners are believed to have escaped since Turkey began its military offensive against the Kurds in Syria last week. But first we turn to the breaking news out of Syria. From the impeachment inquiry to a possible breakthrough with China, there is a lot to get to this morning. KARL: Good morning and welcome to THIS WEEK.
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