The News with Rick Sanchez - December 19, 2018 (20:00 ET)

Rick Sanchez on Syria: Mission accomplished – or is it?

Rick Sanchez reports on the sudden reversal of US policy in Syria with Trump’s announcement via Twitter that the US mission is accomplished there and that US forces will be withdrawn. In doing so, he contradicts what numerous US officials have been saying about the future of US involvement in Syria and leaves open the question of whether the US presence will continue by other means, including drone strikes.

We Americans are tired of war – Rick Sanchez

Journalist and writer Hadeel Oueis joins News with Rick to discuss President Trump’s sudden decision to declare the defeat of ISIS and withdraw soldiers from Syria. Critics of the move allege that doing so will empower bad actors in the region and numerous US officials still cling to the possibility of regime change. But Rick Sanchez asks, “when does it stop?”

Chris Hedges: Israel is ‘frightened’ & ‘desperate’ 

Award-winning author and host of “On Contact” Chris Hedges joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the anti-BDS legislation sweeping the US, an effort to protect Israel’s public image by muzzling the Boycott, Divestment & Sanction (BDS) movement, which seeks to put economic pressure on Israel and bring attention to the plight of the Palestinians. Hedges says “Israel can no longer control its narrative or hide the brutality of their apartheid system.”