president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev signed it back in one thousand nine hundred seven with the goal of eliminating a whole category of nuclear missiles the treaty was harold is heralded as a move to help wind down the cold war now its breakdown sparks fears of a new arms race. this is the russian cruise missile on that the u.s. says by late said joint on this treaty the s.s.e. eight is said to have a range of more than five hundred kilometers which would break the i.n.f. treaty just last week parts of the system are on your public display near moscow u.s. president donald trump has been threatening to pull out of the pact since the end of last year. russia has not heard orchard way out of the agreement so we're going to terminate agree but we're going to pull out the u.s. lead on his control negotiate a has told g.w. that the government is using the move to force russia's hand and we will suspend it and then a six month clock runs if you will during that time russia still can get back into compliance but it frees our obligations under the treaty so we suspend our

gorbachev and ronald reagan signed the i.n.f. treaty month to change of course after decades of cold war nuclear tension. the reach of the tension was this the soviet twenty missile a nuclear warheads that could strike western europe at short notice. that worried those european countries on the other side of the iron curtain who were well within the missiles reach a five and a half thousand kilometers. the u.s. response to deploy its own mid-range pershing missiles in europe was met with protests across the west the protests showed the need for a new direction the result was the i.n.f. treaty. ground launched ballistic missiles with ranges of between five hundred and five and a half thousand kilometers the soviet union got rid of one thousand eight hundred forty six short and intermediate range missiles the united states eight hundred forty six before the implementation deadline in one thousand nine hundred one a total of two thousand six hundred ninety two missiles were destroyed. under thompson is the u.s. undersecretary for ar

. >> in december of 1987 ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev came to a dramatic agreement. at the height of the cold war they agreed that the united states and the soviet union would eliminate all land-based missiles with ranges between a few hundred and a few thousand miles. after the treaty was signed more than 2,000 missiles were destroyed between the two countries. for over 30 years the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or inf has served as a check on ambitions of the two largest nuclear powers on earth, until today when secretary of state mike pompeo announced that the trump administration is suspending the treaty effective tomorrow. in six months if they don't find that russia has come into compliance with the terms of the inf, they will terminate the treaty altogether. the president managed to put a positive stand on the affair saying, we stand ready to engage with russia on arms control negotiations that meet these criteria, and, importantly, once that is done, develop, perhaps for the first time ever, an outstanding relationship on economic, trade, political

the 1987 agreement signed by ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev applied to missiles with a less=than intercontinent al range. these missiles, the ones that the russians have are a threat to the european continent. they're not a threat to north american at all because of the range.instead of 55=hundred kilometers 34=hundred miles ... the weapons are limited to 500 kilometers, a little less than the distance from san francisco to los angeles. missile natfive years ago, when barack obama was in the white house, the u=s began protesting that the russians were workng on a new missile that violated the range limit. last month the russians gave western reporters a first hand look at what turned out to be only the launch capsule. "russia has implemented and continues to meticulously implement the requirements of the treaty and does not allow for any violations to happen." president trump isn't buying it."so unless we're going to have something that we all agreed to. we

with its new leader mikhail gorbachev in the middle of the one nine hundred eighty s. . perestroika meant restructuring towards liberalization and democratization it certainly had a positive impact on the international situation astonishing news from east germany by the east german authorities have said that in essence of the berlin wall doesn't mean anything anymore. but inside the u.s.s.r. the weakening of kremlin control had different consequences. in ukraine a nationalistic political organization. or people's movement emerged in one nine hundred eighty nine due to this. they advocated for independence of ukraine from the u.s.s.r. and became an incubator for leaders of ukraine. in one thousand nine hundred one one of them. book founded svoboda an openly radical nationalist party preaching the good old principles of bondage era. just to. purge crane from the jews in russia ukraine for ukrainians and so on his statements got him fifth place in the simon visa center top ten anti semitic world leader rankings of two thousand and twelve. but also sadly attracted numerous p

blame procedures thank you and have treaty was signed by us president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev in one thousand seven it was the result of high stakes diplomacy and military maneuvers threatening to reignite the cold war which was a radio at that point. it all started in one nine hundred seventy six when the soviet union placed s s twenty missiles on its territory capable of carrying nuclear warheads with a range of about five thousand kilometers unlike intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the united states yes says twenty missile was designed to reach targets mainly in europe but at that time western europe had no similar weapons capable of reaching the soviet union and therefore was unable to restore military balance nobody wants them back no you have to have a good weapon this is so this is something that has functioned quintus use it for third countries like the you been you know in this case we are live on the really very diminished part like the german leader at the time chancellor helmut schmidt pleaded with the united states to counter the mo

president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did halted the escalating arms race between the two superpowers us president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested it might be time to negotiate a new one less thing to do and here we should be the only one i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and do a new treaty that would be much better still there's concern the u.s. did not exhaust its diplomatic options and is trump pressures north korea to give up its nuclear arsenal many question why he would relax any missile restrictions on russia it actually opens the door for russia to deploy more of these missiles and opens the door for a new european missile race some analysts have speculated the trump administration isn't just worried about russia. china is not bound by the treaty. there is criticism it's been gaining military advantage deploying large numbers of missiles with ranges beyond the current limits there are now just six m

president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev one thousand nine hundred eighty seven. but most agree it's not perfect it did hold to the escalating arms race between the two superpowers u.s. president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. and friday he suggested it might be time to negotiate a new one less thing to do and here we should be the only one i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and do what new treaty that would be much better still there's concern the u.s. did not exhaust its diplomatic options and is trump pressures north korea to give up its nuclear arsenal many question why he would relax any missile restrictions on russia it actually opens the door for russia to deploy more of these missiles and opens the door for a new european missile race some analysts have speculated the trumpet ministration isn't just worried about russia. china is not bound by the treaty there's criticism it's been gaining military advantage deploying large numbers of missiles with ranges beyond the current limits there are now just

signed by ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev more than 30 years ago, the treaty banned thousands of short and medium-range missiles then threatening europe. >> we have made history. >> reporter: tonight new concerns about reigniting an arms race. >> we should feel less safe by the forced withdrawal of the united states from this treaty, because this will lead to an arms race and more destabilizing weapons around the world. >> reporter: nancy pelosi says the administration is risking an arms race, while russia accused the u.s. of failing to negotiate in good faith. lester? >> andrea mitchell, thanks. >>> from that chilling call back ng the cold war, we about isis from one of the world's top law enforcement officials. interpol's secretary-general is sounding the alarm in an nbc news excve >> reporter: tonight isis 2.0 is rising from the ashes of iraq and syria, a new warning from one of the world's top police officers in an exclusive interview with nbc news. >> they are hardened, sometimes brutalized, definitely sometimes with the skills they need, for instance, to build a bomb. >> yo

gorbachev and the way they are. call bluff and our own systems for example gorbachev called it glasnost for trumpet's twitter but on the ultimately doing the same thing no. government didn't understand his system and government actually ended the system i mean trump and he's an enemy of my country because he's country b. decided to be an enemy of my country is trying to revamp. his system and he will succeed thus he understand his sister well because the popular opinion of trump is that he is an ignoramus who can a string. or he doesn't understand anything but he does not want to understand everything especially he doesn't want to understand the prevailing liberal who to include views of most of the leads which failed because only and he feel better who are. returning to normal to normalcy but he is of course a very picturesque person so i mean he says a lot of. well let's not discuss he's more and more how he comes across i mean that's the way the world really is moving united states in the right direction from a p

president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did halted escalating arms race between the two superpowers us president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested it might be time to negotiate a new one less thing to do and here we should be the only one i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and do a new treaty that would be much better still there's concern the u.s. did not exhaust its diplomatic options and is trump pressures north korea to give up its nuclear arsenal many question why he would relax any missile restrictions on russia it actually opens the door for russia to deploy more of these missiles and opens the door for a new european missile race some analysts have speculated the trumpet ministration isn't just one. worried about russia. china is not bound by the treaty there is criticism it's been gaining military advantage deploying large numbers of missiles with ranges beyond the current limits there are now just six months

gorbachev and it's been one of the pillars of international security since it began nuclear capable missiles of intermediate range however thirty years later president trump facing constant accusations of collusion and not being tough enough on russia decided to withdraw from the treaty citing alleged violations by moscow with the two countries valley into quit the deal fears are growing over a new arms race and research by trump aren't helping to quash those concerns perhaps we can negotiate a different agreement it being china and others. or perhaps we care in which case we will spend and out innovate all. by far russia has denied any violations and said that it's been open to washington for any necessary checks but that didn't help and for now the treaty has been suspended by both sides paving way for a potential arms race if not worse and now to see gabbert is trying to impede trump's move and it's not the first time she's taking action against a foreign policy that she considers controversial back when obama was in office she proposed the stop arming terrorist sucked this prohi

president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven most agree it's not perfect it did hall to ask leading arms race between the two superpowers u.s. president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but friday he suggested it might be time to negotiate a new one we're listening to and here we should be the only one i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and do a new treaty that would be much better still there's concern the u.s. did not exhaust its diplomatic options and is trump pressures north korea to give up its nuclear arsenal many question why he would relax any missile restrictions on russia it actually opens the door for russia to deploy more of these missiles and opens the door for a new european missile race some analysts have speculated the trumpet ministration isn't just. worried about russia. china is not bound by the treaty there is criticism it's been gaining military advantage deploying large numbers of missiles with ranges beyond the current limits there are now just six months

president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did halted escalating arms race between the two superpowers us president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested it might be time to negotiate a new one less thing to do and here we should be the only one i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and do a new treaty that would be much better still there's concern the u.s. did not exhaust its diplomatic options and is trump pressures north korea to give up its nuclear arsenal many question why he would relax any missile restrictions on russia it actually opens the door for russia to deploy more of these missiles and opens the door for a new european missile race some analysts have speculated the trumpet ministration isn't just worried about russia. china is not bound by the treaty there is criticism it's been gaining military advantage deploying large numbers of missiles with ranges beyond the current limits there are now just six months for the ag

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gorbachev signed87. iran's ministry of defense released video today of what it says is a new cruise m with a range of 840 miles. iran's defense minister claimed the missile can hit fixed targs and can travel at low altitudes for use in waging electronic war. iran currently has missiles with a range of 1,250 miles, capable of reaching israel and u.s. military bases in the region. iran's defense ministry has a history of announcing military advancements that cannot be independently verified. the 101 highway on southern california'soast was shut down today in both directions near santa barbara after heavy rains caused mudslides. residents of california and other parts of the west are aing warned that flooding rain, heavy mountain sno strong winds are expected to strike this weekend. many of the areas still scarred from wildfires last year are facing an incrsed risk of mudslides. and in the midwest, meteorologists are predicting a 70-80 degree swing in temperatures by the end of this sekend following last we

in 1987, us president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev signed the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty. it led to hundreds of missiles in both countries being destroyed. three decades later, the us secretary of state three decades later, the us secretary of state made this announcement. russia has jeopardised the united states‘ security interests, and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates it. nato agrees with the decision by the united states. we continue to call on russia to come back into compliance in a verifiable way, because we don't want a new arms race. this wasn't unexpected. for years, america has been consigned about russia's testing and deployment of a cruise missile that it says breaches the inf treaty. there's concerns other countries, including china, aren't tied by the accord. for now, the treaty is suspended. the us could pull out formally in six months, but gave russia a final chance to save the deal. i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room, and do a new treaty that would

. >> reporter: signed by ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev in 1987, the i.n.f. treaty is the only arms-control agreement to msiminate an entire class of weapons: ground-launch missiles with a range between 300 and 3,400 miles. at the time, the soviet union had nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles pointed at europe, and the u.s. had its own intermediate-range missiles based in europe, creating a nuclear standoff with much shorter warning times and, as a result, much greater potential for error. those missiles have long since been dismantled, but russia under vladimir putin in what the u.s. believes is an attempt to intimidate the nato allies, has secretly fielded about 100 of these new missiles. despite what secretary of state fompeo said were repeated protests going back to the obama administration. on we have raised russia's noncompliance with russian officials, including at the alghest levels of government more than 30 times. yet, russia continues to deny that its missile system is non- ssmpliant and violates the neaty. >> reporter: the u.s. must now decide how t

gorbachev to credit wanted to go much farther than this treaty when and we're going to have to do that if we're going to survive yes he said gorbachev if i recall correctly he wanted to get rid of nuclear weaponry altogether this is a real step back question at this point as i understand you're involved in some way with a petition to try and save the sign of treaty you got a fair bit of support so far do you think anyone will listen. yeah if you go to roots action dot org you can find a petition backed by quite a number of big organizations and tens of thousands of people have used it to send their demand to the u.s. congress to say step in and do not allow this i mean you have bills in the u.s. congress right now to block funding to ever withdraw any troops from south korea and another one for syria this is an insane use of what's called the power of the purse but congress has that power and it can use that power to say ok we will not find any weapons that violate this treaty and what's more we will not withdraw from this treaty a treaty on like you know the agreement on nukes with ir

gorbachev they collapsed at the last minute he was strongly criticized that in one thousand nine hundred seven when your later looked like the hero when he finally came out with an agreement in the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty that is still a long way to go pump a of saying they're closer now in the last thirty six hours than they were but again no agreement coming out of hanoi and abrupt end to the summit so there can be many things for them. to want to. james but james it came as something of a prize to everyone didn't it because there was no form of scope for the leaders to walk away with at least something. there was there were things i think that they had agreed as possible parts of a deal that both were prepared to give they even in public talks about the idea of liaison officers that's a step below full diplomatic recognition where you could put some diplomats in each other's capitals because the two don't have diplomatic relations and the still currently at war and right now u.s. interests are represented by sweden is the protecting power in pyongyang that's something

president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev shaking hands on a historic deal to eliminate thousands of nuclear missiles the i.n.f. treaty was a big step towards ending the cold war but now tensions could be heating up again the u.s. announcing today plans to exit that missile treaty is a step towards a new global arms race or is the president finally holding russia to account i'm called aspen in berlin and this is the day. but with patience determination and commitment we've made this impossible vision a reality which are still what we are about to do this new signing the first ever agreement eliminating nuclear weapons. has a universal significance for mankind which. the good of the game so you've heard the americans are finally pulling out of the treaty one so it has now been hearing two we have but one side has it there's no mistaking that the russians have chosen to not comply with the street or people from the treaty is needed he says the interests of russian and european security. we provided russian ample window time to members ways for russia to honor its commitmen

gorbachev back in one thousand nine hundred seventy pounds ground launched missiles with a range between five hundred and five thousand five hundred kilometers executive director of the british american security information council paul ingram believes that the u.s. is raising this issue only to ramp up the tension. i think it's decidedly unhelpful and irresponsible as a comment to be honest because the situation with north korea does not need stoking up for these comments to come out seems to me to be a. post event justification for an unjustified action the fact that the us commander is raising this issue i think demonstrates a certain disregard for both allies and adverse or is in the region and does stoke up tensions but i would urge those both our allies and adversaries to to be a little cautious about seeing this as an inevitable next step. a meeting that's being widely seen as an anti iran summit got underway today warsaw with representatives from more than sixty countries attending its jointly hosted by the us and poland not everyone is keen to take up such an invitation some hig

gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan signed the i.n.f. treaty it marked a change of course off to decades of nuclear tensions during the cold war years. the treaty banned all ground do much to miss i was with ranges of between five hundred and five and a half thousand kilometers those who felt most at risk during the cold war were countries in western europe. but even germany's foreign minister heiko must recently held talks with american secretary of state's microphone peo admits the treaty is no longer a working. order going on or without the nuclear missile treaty there would be less security but we recognize that this treaty. has been violated by the russian side and the jury in the last sixty days unsuccessful attempts have been made to clear up the accusations for more transparency and more information. in so far as this is a treaty between two signatories and that one is in violation of it the treaty is de facto suspended. all star craft because the. pressure is mounting on russia to save t

in 1987 us president ronald and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev signed the treaty. it led to hundreds of missiles in both countries being destroyed. three decades later, us secretary of state made this announcement... russia has jeopardised the us security interests and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates it. nato agrees with the decision by the united states. we can -- continued to call on russia to find a viable way. we do not want a new arms race. this was not unexpected. for years america has been consigned about russia ‘s testing and deployment of cruise missiles which it says breaches of the treaty. the recite other countries, including china, are not tied by the court. and now the treaty is suspended. the us could pull out formally in six months but gave russia a final chance to save the deal. months but gave russia a final chance to save the deallj months but gave russia a final chance to save the deal. i hope we are able to get everybody in a big and beautiful lawn and a new treaty would be much better but certai

president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one nine hundred eighty seven when most agree it's not perfect it did hold to ask leading arms race between the two superpowers u.s. president donald trump has long been a critic of the treaty. but on friday he suggested it might be time to negotiate a new one less thing to do and here we should be the only one i hope that we're able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and do a new treaty that would be much better still there's concern the u.s. did not exhausted. diplomatic options and is trump pressure is north korea to give up its nuclear arsenal many question why he would relax any missile restrictions on russia it actually opens the door for russia to deploy more of these missiles and opens the door for a new european missile race some analysts have speculated the trumpet ministration isn't just worried about russia. china is not bound by the treaty there's criticism it's been gaining military advantage deploying large numbers of missiles with ranges beyond the current limits there are now just six months for th