family said i could make a ton of cash. and stick around. more news and getting the pentagon reaction to one of the biggest surprises of the prit, ident trump wants to end the regular military exercises with south korea that have been going on for decades.
halt the regular u.s.-south korea military exercises that have been going on for decades. let s bring there our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. the pentagon had been planning for the next set of war games as the president calls them in august. so what is the reaction where you are? was this a surprise? reporter: well theentagon said that defense secretary james mattis was aware of the decision and was not surprised importantly the pentagon officially will not say whether he supported it in advance of it being announced. that exercise in august we have to see right now, the p pentagon will review all exercises and try to get more guidance on the white house of what they want canceled and what type ofises might go forward. why is this so important? the 28,000 u.s. troops stationed on the peninsula and the troops that come in and out and they are there to demonstrate a deterrence and quickly flow no
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nantucket. defense workers start feeling the pinch of the sequester. three paquarters of a million wl be forced to take a day off. they handle support tasks like repairs. cutting some workers salaries by 20%, it s expected to save $2 billion. p pentagon has to cut $40 billion from the budget. it will slow their ablility to respond around the world. stand down on the phone spying program. new york times reporting the electronic privacy information center will file a petition asking the high court to stop getting data. cuba s president, castro says latin american countries have every right to give snowden asylum. he did not indicate if he will let him fly through the nation on the way to venezuela.
how closely the u.s. has been working with yemen s president. one quoted him as saying he with akeep claiming the attacks on al qaeda from coming from his forces, not the americans. the release of those cables have come back to hurt him politically. chris lawrence, cnn, the p pentagon. locked out nfl players want the season to begin. so they are sending their lawyers, all 11 of them, to court today. we will talk to a former nfl runningback about what it all means to the game. an eight-year-old that got pepper sprayed to police admits he has anger issues. we will hear from him, his mom and the police justs the ahead.