and talk about this withdrawal of the united states from the imf treaty. you set on the foreign relations committee. your thoughts about this idea of withdrawing the u.s. the russians say not only are they too going to withdraw but restart their missile programs. nuclear weapons and nuclear treaties can be complicated but there is one very simple truth and that is this, no one wins in nuclear war. the u.s. withdrawing from the inf treaty was a bad idea and i ve introduced ledggislation fm senator mark ki from launching a nuclear strike without getting congressional authorization. congress needs to exert its rule role in a forceful way with donald trump in office. i want to give you an opportunity to weigh in, prominent democrats calling on ralph northam the governor of virginia to resign, what are your thoughts? governor northam must resign. that picture in his yearbook is completely indefensible and it is incredibly racist and i know