united states from the united nations human rights council. administration officials say they tried to reform the council for more than a year, failed in that effort and now they are leaving it. secretary of state mike pompeo and nikki haley announced the decision from the state department today. pompeo said some of the worst countries are sitting on the council like china, cuba and venezuela. and that passes more resolutions against israel than against north korea, iran and syria combined. >> if the human rights council is going to attack countries that uphold human rights and a shield countries that abuse human rights, then america should not provided with any credibility. >> democratic senator chris, member of the foreign relations committee said" we need to show up, be constructive and work with our allies to isolate bad actors. this could weaken the united states influence on the council and makes it harder for us to advance our other foreign