upside down at this point on this front. thank you both, ladies, for your expertise. meantime a lot of international news this morning. the trump administration is closing in on one major potential peace deal and closing the door on another. right now the u.s. is negotiating in the middle of peace talks with the taliban. if a deal is reached, that s still a big if, it could pave the way for thousands of troops to return home from afghanistan. talks come as two u.s. soldiers were killed in afghanistan this week. you see them right there. those soldiers have been identified as private first class brandon and special michael. five u.s. service members have been killed in afghanistan in just over a month, jim. and of course the taliban responsible for it deaths of hundreds of u.s. soldiers there. just hours ago the u.s. formally withdrew from a missile treaty with russia.