Why is the u. S. Pulling troops from germany theyve been stationed there since the end of world war 2 and now donald trump is about to cost that number by more than a quarter but why now and should u. S. Allies and nato be concerned this is inside story. That welcome to the program im Laura Brennan there are a legacy of world war 2 a symbol of u. S. Commitment to protecting its european allies u. S. Military forces stationed in germany are reportedly going to be shot be reduced present donald trump plans to pull out 9500 american soldiers by september reducing the number 225000 troops will either be redeployed elsewhere or sent home its being seen as the latest twist in relations between washington and in tensions between the 2 sides have been strained over a number of disagreements but defense spending has been of particular concern for donald trump hes repeatedly pressed germany to increase its military budget chris sized nato allies for relying on the u. S. To shoulder the cost of m
Disney is also the Parent Company of abc news. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 11th. We do begin with a push to reopen the country. More states loosening restrictions as the coronavirus death toll nears 80,000. Take a look at this. This video went viral showing a huge mothers day turnout at a restaurant near denver. Customers ignored social distancing rules and dined inside in defiance of colorado stayathome orders, most of them not Wearing Masks. Theres growing concern at the white house after an aide to Vice President , mike pence, became the second person in the west wing to test positive for the virus in four days. Pence plans to be at work today, even as three members of the Coronavirus Task force selfquarantined. Abcs Andrew Dymburt has the latest. Reporter several Trump Administration officials now under quarantine following possible exposure to the coronavirus. Dr. Anthony fauci, the nations top Infectious Disease expert, will start a modified quarantine,
And when he says Something Like that, you know its true. And the president fired the crowd up sharing many tales of victories and he did that at the state of the union. On tuesday, i delivered my address on the state of the union. And i had somebody behind me, who was mumbling terribly, mumbling. Mumbling, wah, wah, ho, ha. Mumbling. Very distracting. Jimmy we did some digging, and we went through all the footage to figure out who was mumbling behind him, and i believe we found the culprit. Here, on this land, on this soil, on this continent. I love you, i love you, i love you. I love you. Jimmy its nice that they still have that spark after all this time together. As he often does, trump covered a wide range of subjects, including the time in 2017 when a man with a gun shot louisiana congressman steve scalise. Scalise was at the rally with trump. A very brave man. He took a bullet. He got shot. And he got up, he was going to die that night. I tell this story all the time. His wife, sh
Taking center stage white house this hour, President Trump is about to meet with his advisories reports surfacing that u. S. Is offering to cancel new chinese tariffs set to go into inequity sunday. Trump also tweeting this today, getting very close to a big deal with china, they want it and so do we Hillary Vaughn live on capitol hill with all the details. Reporter in half an hour president will meet with top advisers to discuss possibility of delaying tariffs against china how long to delay them if they do. U. S. And china have threeday deadline to dodge tariffs on sunday u. S. And china have scheduled a round of tariffs that would affect a new group of goods u. S. To impose 5 tax on diligence 160 billion dollars, in consumer goods from china and china threatening a tax on 7 a billion dollars worth 75 billion dollars u. S. Goods the white house is signaling closer to a zeel the president saying china wants a deal also he wants a deal. We wont talk about china we are working a deal wi
Unhappy customer. The 28yearold got angry over her little boys haircut. The squirmy boy had a slight scratch on his neck likely from his clippers. I saw pure evil in her eyes. I saw her change. Reporter he started kicking the door. When he went outside to get a photo of her license plate. He says she took aim at him with her prius while her two little boys were in the backseat. I saw her finger in the air flipping me off. She came through the plate glass. Reporter martin suffered a broken leg requiring surgery and deep gashes in his hands. Hes been in a lot of pain with a long recovery ahead of him but least not angry. I have truly forgiven her. I can walk up to her and hug her and say im so sorry that this happened. Reporter martin says his biggest concern is for the boys. Their mother faces taemattempte murder, hit and run and child abuse charges. He wants her to get the help she needs. I want her to be well and a good, productive and happy mom. I want her to be a good life. I mean t