The News with Rick Sanchez - October 17, 2019 (20:00 ET)

Turkey ceasefire: A ‘fool’s’ errand (Full episode)

Rick Sanchez reports on President Trump's threatening and offensive letter to Turkish President Erdogan, the diplomat fallout and the precarious ceasefire negotiated by Vice President Mike Pence. Meanwhile, the US military conducted an airstrike on its own military base in Syria. RT's Wafa Shabrouni reports from an abandoned US military base following the US troop withdrawal from Manbij. Then former Budget Director for the Reagan Administration David Stockman joins to discuss. He argues that people need to "stop kowtowing" to Washington and that the Kurds are ready to join forces with Damascus. Then RT America’s Michele Greenstein joins live from Hong Kong to discuss Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s new initiatives to promote welfare and land reform as well as the links between Hong Kong’s “pro-democracy camp” and US officials. Russia’s Ministry of Defense has published a video of ballistic missile launches at the Thunder-2019 strategic exercises while Russian President Putin spoke at length about the threat posed by NATO. RT’s Yulia Shapovalova reports. Then former naval intelligence officer John Jordan weighs in. Plus, RT America's Natasha Sweatte reports on the uptick in sightings of the Tasmanian tiger, thought to have been extinct.