President trump has announced a new approach for afghanistan. Throughout it a 16year war sets in. The president unveiled a plan to continue u. S. Engagement, but provided few details, including any specific reference to how many additional american troops will be deployed. The 30 minute speech marked a major policy reversal for trump who in the past has urged the United States to get out of afghanistan. My origin stikt wal instinct out, and historically i like following my instincts. All my life ive heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. In other words, when you are president of the United States. A core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a timebased approach to one based on conditions. Ive said it many times how counter productive it is for the United States to announce in advance the dates we intend to begin or end military options. Our troops will fight to win. We will fight to win. From now on victory will have a clear defin
limit by the end of september. the majority leader was also asked about his thoughts on what the president often calls fake news. take a listen. my view is that most news is not fake, but i do try to look at a variety of sources every morning before i get to work. everything from the new york times to off beat publications that have certain niche audiences. i try not to fall in love with any particular source. now, the senator made those comments at an event with treasury secretary steve manuchin when the two highlighted the need for tax reform. all right. still ahead, an ohio judge is caught in what authorities are calling an ambush style attack. the connections officials say the suspect has to another high profile case in is that state. plus, bill karins will have the latest on the threat of severe weather for up to 27 million people today when we come back. shawn evans: it s 6 am.
he wants to try everything. i just think it s too late. the party has surrendered their chance. neil: it reveals serious vision you were on to long before most. one has implications for tax cuts. i think that they re far from a sure deal right now. i think, yeah, but they re in better shape. rob portman said, this i agree with him, that they re in better shape on tax reform. and the reason is, the white house officials, whether it s gary cone and treasury secretary steve manuchin and the chair men in congress, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, the goal is to come up with one bill they agree on. neil: they re not all together whether the tax cuts are significant size for everybody, some talking about whether rich guys like you, fred, get em. where is this going, what are we going to see? i think they will agree on something they just haven t done it yet.
president putin. president trump says he wants to move beyond the election interference controversy and partner with russia over a bold idea that is drawing skepticism and division. putin and i discussed forming an inpenetratable cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded. a dubious senator john mccain. i am sure that vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance in that effort since he is doing the hacking. treasury secretary manuchin says it makes sense. this is about having capabilities to make sure that we both fight cyber together, which i think is a very significant accomplishment for president trump. but senator marco rubio s reaction is cutting. tweeting partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. claiming a diplomatic achievement on syria, the president also tweeted about working with putin and assad ally to establish a partner
many negative things will be guarded and safe. the suggestion left some republicans in disbelief. senator ben sass of nebraska tweeted this. this obviously should not happen, and obviously it will not happen. why the president of the united states would tweet it is inexplicably bizarre. marco rubio tweeted that vladimir putin will never be a reliable constructive partner. partnering with putin on a cyber security unit is akin to partnering with assad on a chemical weapons unit. senator john mccain of arizona weighing in as well. take a listen. the president, again, tweeting this morning said putin and i discussed forming an inpenetratable cyber security unit so that election hacking and many other negative things will be guarded. i am sure that vladimir putin could be of enormous assistance in that effort since he is doing the hacking. now, as the republican critics were weighing in, united states treasury secretary steve manuchin stepped forward to defend the necessity of