pace and increase the scale of its post-war product. today, there are about 520,000 active duty soldiers. we have decided to further reduce active duty army in-strength to a range of 440 to 450 soldiers. the changes to in-strength would result in a smaller army but insure the army remain well trained and clearly superior in arms and equipment. certainly good to see secretary hagel because we were about to put out a missing person s report on them. hadn t seen him in a while. let s start with the gallup poll. do you think president obama s numbers globally have really come down net or do you think the expectations for him were just so high that now it s just about right? it could be a mixture of both, dana. that s a very good question. but if the world is a stage, the lead actor essentially has left the auditorium for a six-year smoke. this is what he wanted. remember, he wanted a smaller america. and when your own president s goal is a meeker world power, this is what you
its post-war product. today, there are about 520,000 active duty soldiers. we have decided to further reduce active duty army in-strength to a range of 440 to 450 soldiers. the changes to in-strength would result in a smaller army but insure the army remain well trained and clearly superior in arms and equipment. certainly good to see secretary hagel because we were about to put out a missing person s report on them. hadn t seen him in a while. let s start with the gallup poll. do you think president obama s numbers globally have really come down net or do you think the expectations for him were just so high that now it s just about right? it could be a mixture of both, dana. that s a very good question. but if the world is a stage, the lead actor essentially has left the auditorium for a six-year smoke. this is what he wanted. remember, he wanted a smaller america. and when your own president s goal is a meeker world power, this is what you re going to get. essentially,
everyone. welcome to today on this monday morning. i m natalie morales. and i m lester holt. the two of us are sitting here together, it means one thing, it s a monday holiday. we re laboring away. matt and meredith will be back tomorrow. always good to be with you. the b team. no, we re the a team. b-plus. anyway, this time last week, of course, we were watching tropical storm and then hurricane earl made a real close pass to the east coast and now we re looking back in the gulf there is a new storm to worry about today. that s right. it s tropical storm hermine which formed in the gulf of mexico overnight. it s the eighth named storm of the season. tropical storm warnings have been posted already for northern mexico and south texas, which could get hit with severe flash flooding. we re going to get the very latest on the track of the storm in just a moment. then, it has happened again. another woman has had acid thrown in her face, the second time in less th