deciding to pull out of a reagan era nuclear arms treaty with russia and the pentagon will withdraw thousands of troops from afghanistan as a potential deal with the taliban hangs in the balance. bill: kevin corke begins all of that from the north lawn. good morning. the u.s. has long contended that that treaty tied its hands with respect to china. for that matter the russians were not in compliance. i want to share part of a statement from the secretary of state mike pompeo. it reads in part dating back to the mid 2000s. russia developed and tested and fielded multiple battalions of its non-compliant missile. the u.s. will not remain a party to a treaty deliberately violated by russians. it dates to the cold war. reagan and gorbachev signed that treaty in an effort to
president trump. a tweet from lindsey graham saying this, mr. president, keep your foot on the throat. meaningful counter terrorism force is an insurance policy against another 9/11. fight them there so they don t ever come here again. don t to get. we expect an announcement from the president today as he talks a bit about an au trade deal. something that will make agri-business leaders in america very happy. that s coming up later this afternoon. bill: thank you, sir. kevin corke from the white house. sandra: north korea firing what appears to be more short range ballistic missiles today. it marks the third round of weapons tests in just over a week. greg palkot is live with more on that. another provocation from north korea. in fact, the third missile test in eight days and it does seem to be similar to the other two tests described by south korean authorities this morning as short-range ballistic missiles being involved.
de-escalate nuclear tensions but it has changed says u.s. and nato allies with the russians consistently violating the terms of the deal. this decision is supported by all nato allies because no international agreement is effective if it s only respected by one side. russia bears the sole responsibility for the demise of the inf treaty. you see the nato secretary general weighing in. u.s. and taliban could reduce its military footprint in afghanistan, the longest war in american history under a deal. u.s. force strength could drop to 8,000 an for a bit of perspective consider in 2011 it was over 110,000. reduced all the way down to 8550 right before the end of the obama administration, down to around 14,000 here under