BOLDUAN: The president of Turkey is now threatening all of Europe, saying he'll release a flood of Syrian refugees if E.U. leaders continue to criticize his military action. Turkish troops are pushing deeper into Syria as we speak, hammering what were the U.S. allies fighting against ISIS for years, the Kurds. This is exactly what Democrats and Republicans have been fearing since Trump made his announcement to pull back troops on Monday. Despite facing more and more intense blowback from his own party, more blowback than he has seen in quite some time on any issue, President Trump defended his military orders this way.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Now the Kurds are fighting for their land. They didn't help us in the Second World War. They didn't help us with Normandy, as an example.</s>BOLDUAN: Yes. Normandy as an example. And apparently a reason. CNN's Clarissa Ward is in northern Syria not far from the Turkish border. Clarissa, you've been seeing firsthand what this military operation by Turkey is already doing. What are you seeing and hearing there now? Seems that we lost the shot with Clarissa. It was just up. We thought we could keep it long enough. We'll see if we can get Clarissa reconnected. She is there on the ground. We'll try to get reconnected with her to give you the very latest. Still ahead for us, though, facing extinction. There's a new report with major warning -- with a major warning on how the climate crisis could impact hundreds of species of birds and it's not just about the birds. What it means for the rest of us. That's next.
Death Toll Climbs as Turkey Invades Syria