developing land-based medium range nuclear weapons. nato, whose members are most threatened by the moves expressed full support of the u.s. pulling out, while some experts, including general colon powell told on the state of the union it is the wrong thing to do. there are a lot of people saying we got to get out of this treaty, that treaty, bad, terrible mistakes, which we will regret. they don t make sense. reporter: today s move could spark an arms race by china it has grown exponentially more powerful. china is developing these capabilities, you got the north koreans and the russians have not only been developing these intermediate range missiles, but super sonic and more strategic missiles as well. so we are already in a bit of an arms race now.
obama administration formally called out russia. and took that opportunity to recommend scrapping the treaty altogether and calling it obsolete, even before russia cheated. last year when the trump administration said it was considering taking that advice, colon powell explained why that was a bad idea. there are a lot of people saying we got to get out of this and that treaty. bad, terrible mistakes which we will regret because they don t make sense. the soviets have been cheating on the inf treaty, so let s get out of it. guess what? the soviets aren t cheating anymore, because there s no treaty to cheat. doesn t make any sense. the trump administration is following through on its threat to withdrawal from the i.n.f treaty. and a ranking member of the senate armed services committee.
assistance. america s spy chiefs also paid their respects. years before he was commander-in-chief, president bush 41 was cia director. the current director gina haspel stood beside george brennan. colon powell came up to give a last salute. the gulf war was a pivotal and defining moment to the bush 41 presidency. last night president trump came to the rotunda. the president said he was looking forward to meeting with the bush family today. peter doocy reporting live from capitol hill. shep, the president service s dog, sully, that flew from texas with the late president went to the rotunda and laid by the casket. many people have told us today
er and first time i met barbara, i had just been powelled out of my command in germany and put in the white house. and shortly after i got there i went to a lunch at the french emacy and i introduced myself and sheets i have know who you are. call me barbara. i said no, ma am, i can t do that. she said bhie? i can t it s not proper. call me barbara. miami, if i call you barbara, my mother would kill you. and she said if you don t call me barbara, i will kill you and that s the way it was for the rest of her life. general colon powell we really appreciate your words. thank you so much for joining us. thank you.
barbara bush passed. thigh were married for 73 years. joaning us general colon powell. give us your thought on this moment right now when we re all reflecting on this great america? thank you very much. when i 3rd news this morning t it was it still a shock. he was a great and honor to work with him dubbing trying and historic times. put for but i served two years before that when i was security advisor and nation lt security advisor. so i had nothing but the