Hello, friends and neighbors, and welcome back to the Bill Press podcast and this week's

Reporter's Roundtable. It's Friday, October 18, around 8.30 a.m. in Washington, D.C. as we look

back on a wild, crazy week packed with news. In a phone call,

Donald Trump triggered Turkey's war against the Kurds, then he threatened to destroy Turkey's

economy if they didn't stop making war against the Kurds, then agreed with Turkey to give the Kurds

120 hours to get out of the war zone or else,

all of which is driven even Republicans in Congress crazy. Meanwhile, after President Trump

denied any quid pro quo with Ukraine, acting chief of staff, McMobany told reporters on camera,

of course there is a quid pro quo. Deal with it.

But just a couple of hours later, he said he didn't really say that. And 12, yes, 12 candidates

crowded on stage for the fourth Democratic Party debate, everybody aiming their fire at now frontrunner, Elizabeth Warren.

Well, here to try to make sense of all of it today, three of Washington's most intrepid political

reporters from Huff Post, Jen Bendery. Hi, Jen. Hello. Welcome back. From BuzzFeed, Addy Baird. Hi, Eddie.

Hi, Eddie. Hi. And joining us from Politico, Chris Cadillago. Hi, Chris.

Hey, Bill. All right. So let's jump right in just yesterday, friends. You got to run fast to keep up with all of this.

Yesterday, Vice President Trump announced what he called a ceasefire in Syria. But, but of course Turkey right away said, no, this was

not a ceasefire. It was merely a pause. Turkey said that they got all the land they wanted,

and they gave the Kurds 120 hours to get out of the way. And then Mick Mulvaney called a

press briefing at the White House where he said, yes,

of course there was a quid pro quo. Get over it. We do that all the time. A couple of hours

later, he came out and said, I never said that. He also announced that the G7 summit was going

to be held at Donald Trump's Dural Resort in Miami, but he insisted there was no conflict of

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